Biotic homogenization and changes in species diversity across human-modified ecosystems

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1601, 2006, Pages 2659-2665

  Smart, Simon M ^a,b   Thompson, Ken ^c   Marrs, Robert H ^b   Le Duc, Mike G ^b   Maskell, Lindsay C ^a   Firbank, Leslie G ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global change; Land use; Large scale; Monitoring; Similarity; diversity

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; HOMOGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749989346     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3630     Document Type: Article

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