Effects of area and isolation of woodland patches on herbaceous plant species richness across Great Britain

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 463-471

  Petit, Sandrine ^a   Griffiths, Leila ^a   S Smart, Simon ^a   M Smith, Geoff ^a   C Stuart, Rick ^a   M Wright, Simon ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient Woodland Indicator species; Connectivity; Dispersal corridor; Fragmentation; Hedgerows; Landscape structure; Monitoring; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HEDGEROW; LAND COVER; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; WOODLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4043059414     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LAND.0000036141.30359.53     Document Type: Article

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