Order and disorder in the river continuum: The contribution of continuity and connectivity to floodplain meadow biodiversity

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1615-1627

  Looy, Kris Van ^a   Honnay, Olivier ^b   Pedroli, Bas ^c   Muller, Serge ^d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Conservation strategy; Floodplain meadow vegetation; Functional groups; River continuum; Species diversity; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOREGION; MEADOW; RIVER; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEUSE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33747066112     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01536.x     Document Type: Article

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