The contribution of common and rare species to plant species richness patterns: The effect of habitat type and size of sampling unit

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3567-3577

  Mazaris, Antonios D ^a   Tzanopoulos, Joseph ^a   Kallimanis, Athanasios S ^a,b   Matsinos, Yiannis G ^c   Sgardelis, Stephanos P ^a   Pantis, John D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Commonness; Distribution pattern; Frequency distribution; NATURA 2000 network; Rarity; Sampling unit size; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT TYPE; RARE SPECIES; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 56549086196     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9480-7     Document Type: Article

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