Diversity of plant assemblages in isolated depressional wetlands from Central-Western Europe

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2169-2183

  Hérault, Bruno ^a,b   Thoen, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Closed depressions; Connectivity; Fens; Forest; Grassland; Habitat area; Landscape matrix

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; FEN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRASSLAND; HILLSLOPE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MOSS; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RARE SPECIES; TOLERANCE; WETLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

GLYCERIA; IRIS PSEUDACORUS; SPHAGNUM; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 47149096694     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9227-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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