The influence of linear elements on plant species diversity of mediterranean rural landscapes: Assessment of different indices and statistical approaches

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 137-159

  Garcia Del Barrio J M ^a   Ortega, M ^a   Vazquez De La Cueva A ^a   Elena Rossello R ^b  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Core habitat; Diversity; Ecotones; Landscape; Linear elements; Mediterranean; Shannon index; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CORE HABITAT; ECOTONES; LANDSCAPE; SHANNON INDEX;

ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RURAL AREAS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ECOTONE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PLANT; RURAL AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOTONE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANT DENSITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RURAL AREA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANTS; POACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33746679155     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9019-2     Document Type: Article

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