Scale-dependent importance of environment, land use and landscape structure for species richness and composition of SE Norwegian modern agricultural landscapes

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 969-987

  Økland, Rune H ^a   Bratli, Harald ^a   Dramstad, Wenche E ^a   Edvardsen, Anette ^a   Engan, Gunnar ^a   Fjellstad, Wendy ^a   Heegaard, Einar ^a   Pedersen, Oddvar ^a   Solstad, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Land use intensity; Landscape structure; Patch; Spatial scale; Spatial variation; Variation partitioning; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PLANT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33749402331     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-006-0005-z     Document Type: Article

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