The relative importance of local, regional and historical factors determining the distribution of plants in fragmented riverine forests: An emergent group approach

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2069-2081

  Hérault, Bruno ^a,c   Honnay, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Alluvial soils; Colonization ability; Forest connectivity; Land use history; Life history traits; Luxembourg; Plant distribution; Variation partitioning; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST; LIFE HISTORY; PLANT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; LUXEMBOURG [BENELUX]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745341067     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01351.x     Document Type: Article

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