Grazing effects on the species-area relationship: Variation along a climatic gradient in NE Spain

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-34

  De Bello, Francesco ^a   Lepš, Jan ^b   Sebastià, Maria Teresa ^a,c  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competition; Heterogeneity; Land use; Management; Mediterranean; Power law species area curve; Sheep grazing

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; GRAZING PRESSURE; SHEEP; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VEGETATION TYPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34047238368     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[25:GEOTSR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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