Mosaic cycles in agricultural landscapes of Northwest Europe

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-309

  Kleyer, Michael ^a   Biedermann, Robert ^a   Henle, Klaus ^c   Obermaier, Elisabeth ^d   Poethke, Hans Joachim ^d   Poschlod, Peter ^e   Schröder, Boris ^a,b   Settele, Josef ^c   Vetterlein, Doris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Competitive ability; Dispersal; Dynamic landscape; Habitat quality; Shifting mosaics; Storage effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249783448     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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