The effects of habitat connectivity on cryptogam richness in boulder metacommunity

Biological Conservation

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-422

  Virtanen, Risto ^a   Oksanen, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Conservation; Dispersal limitation; Life history strategies; Species area relationship; Threatened bryophytes

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIVERWORT; MOSS; PATCH SIZE; RED LIST; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 33845994696     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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