Are small sedentary species affected by habitat fragmentation? Local vs. landscape factors predicting species richness and composition of land molluscs in Swedish conservation forests

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1062-1076

  Götmark, Frank ^a   Von Proschwitz, Ted ^b   Franc, Niklas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Broadleaf canopy; Climate; Gastropoda; History; Landscape ecology; Litter pH; Sweden; Temperate forest; Woodland key habitats

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CANOPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION; GASTROPOD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PH; SNAIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST; WOODLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 43449107088     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01882.x     Document Type: Article

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