Spatial and temporal patterns of species richness in a riparian landscape

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2025-2037

  Renöfält, Birgitta Malm ^a   Nilsson, Christer ^a,b   Jansson, Roland ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Landscape Ecology Group   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Flood disturbance; Landscape; Plant communities; Riparian vegetation; River continuum; Spatial patterns; Sweden; Temporal patterns

Indexed keywords

FLOOD DAMAGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPLAND REGION; VASCULAR PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; VASTERBOTTEN; VINDEL RIVER;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33745305100     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01328.x     Document Type: Article

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