CORINE-based landscape indices weakly correlate with plant species richness in a northern European landscape transect

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-64

  Gimona, Alessandro ^a   Messager, Pernette ^a   Occhi, Martino ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distribution atlas; Flora; Indicators; Land cover; MARS

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION; DATABASE; INDEX METHOD; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 58349092713     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-008-9279-7     Document Type: Article

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