Small-scale plant species richness and evenness in semi-natural grasslands respond differently to habitat fragmentation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 899-908

  Reitalu, Triin ^a   Sykes, Martin T ^b   Johansson, Lotten J ^b   Lönn, Mikael ^c   Hall, Karin ^b   Vandewalle, Marie ^b   Prentice, Honor C ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c School of Life Sciences Södertörn University   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Historical maps; Land use history; Management intensity; Shannon diversity index; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MAP; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 59649100189     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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