The development of patterned mosaic landscapes: An overview

Plant Ecology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Van Der Valk, Arnold G ^a   Warner, Barry G ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Everglades; Japan; Mexico; Nutrients; Okavango Delta; Peatlands; Russia; Savanna; Tree islands

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; WETLAND;

AFRICA; ASIA; BOTSWANA; EURASIA; EVERGLADES; FAR EAST; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; JAPAN; NGAMILAND; NORTH AMERICA; OKAVANGO DELTA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 57349119451     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9469-z     Document Type: Review

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