Validation of plant diversity indicators in semi-natural grasslands

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 65-72

  Öster, Mathias ^a   Persson, Kill ^b   Eriksson, Ove ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b The County Administration of Halland   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Species subsets; Surrogate species; Validation; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEY; VASCULAR PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 40849086348     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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