Quantifying determinants contributing to plant species richness in mosaic landscapes: A single- and multi-patch perspective

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1233-1251

  Simmering, Dietmar ^a   Waldhardt, Rainer ^a   Otte, Annette ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation value; Germany; Habitat diversity; Habitat specificity; Linear structures; Marginal landscape; Modelling; Spatial heterogeneity; Species area curve

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; HABITAT TYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33749320839     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-006-0027-6     Document Type: Article

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