Floral free fall in the Swiss lowlands: Environmental determinants of local plant extinction in a peri-urban landscape

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 734-744

  Stehlik, Ivana ^a   Caspersen, John P ^a   Wirth, Lea ^b   Holderegger, Rolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decrease in plant diversity; Estimated extinction probability; Extinction debt; Fragmentation; Habitat destruction; Intensified agriculture; IUCN; Physical indicators; Trivialization of local flora

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EUTROPHICATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; NICHE; PERIURBAN AREA; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KUSNACHT; SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND];

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 34250629749     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01246.x     Document Type: Article

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