Patterns of plant species richness in Alpine hay meadows: Local vs. landscape controls

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 365-372

  Marini, Lorenzo ^a   Scotton, Michele ^a   Klimek, Sebastian ^b   Pecile, Angelo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Edges; Eutrophication; Grassland management; Hierarchical partitioning; Nitrogen; Topography; Urbanisation; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

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EID: 44349125817     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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