No evidence of a plant extinction debt in highly fragmented calcareous grasslands in Belgium

Biological Conservation

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 212-224

  Adriaens, Dries ^a   Honnay, Olivier ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Emergent groups; Habitat area; Land use history; Life history traits; Plant species richness

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PLANT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 33748755883     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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