Relative importance of habitat area, connectivity, management and local factors for vascular plants: Spring ephemerals in boreal semi-natural grasslands

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1067-1085

  Raatikainen, Katja M ^a,b   Heikkinen, Risto K ^a   Luoto, Miska ^c  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Natural Heritage Services   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Habitat area; Model performance; Predictive capability; Radiation; Semi natural grassland; Spring flowering plant

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOWERING; GRASSLAND; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 63149083528     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9462-9     Document Type: Article

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