Plant communities affect the species-area relationship on Carex sempervirens tussocks

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-203

  Yu, Fei Hai ^a,b   Krüsi, Bertil ^b,d   Schütz, Martin ^b   Schneller, Jakob J ^c   Wildi, Otto ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d University of Applied Sciences Wädenswil HSW   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Richness; SAR; Species area curve; Subalpine grassland; Swiss Alps; Within tussock communities

Indexed keywords

HERB; PASTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAUBUNDEN; SWISS NATIONAL PARK; SWITZERLAND;

CAREX SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 41649117683     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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