The influence of field shape, area and surrounding landscape on plant species richness in grazed ex-fields

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 126-135

  Cousins, Sara A O ^a   Aggemyr, Elsa ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Biodiversity; Colonisation; Dispersal; Forest; Grassland; Shape index

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; COLONIZATION; FORESTRY; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 36549080794     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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