Multi-scale responses of plant species diversity in semi-natural buffer strips to agricultural landscapes

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-278

  Ma, Maohua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Evenness; Finland; Land use; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449101876     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2008-7-18426     Document Type: Article

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