Species abundance distributions reveal environmental heterogeneity in modified landscapes

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 666-672

  Dornelas, Maria ^a,b   Moonen, Anna Camilla ^c   Magurran, Anne E ^a   Bàrberi, Paolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Community structure; Conservation; Diversity; Weed; Wild plant

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RARITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WEED; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 65349191366     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01640.x     Document Type: Article

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