Unexpectedly high 20th century floristic losses in a rural landscape in northern France

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 927-936

  Van Calster, H ^a   Vandenberghe, R ^a,c   Ruysen, M ^a,c   Verheyen, K ^b   Hermy, M ^a   Decocq, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Biodiversity crisis; Eutrophication; Extinction rate; Forest uses; Land use change; Refuges; Secondary succession; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTINCTION; FLORISTICS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RANGE SIZE; REFUGE; RURAL AREA; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SILVICULTURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBAN AREA; WEED;

AISNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PICARDIE; THIERACHE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AGAVE AMERICANA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 49649118329     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01412.x     Document Type: Article

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