Do vegetation patch spatial patterns disrupt the spatial organization of plant species?

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-207

  Alados, C L ^a   Navarro, T ^b   Komac, B ^a   Pascual, V ^b   Martinez, F ^c   Cabezudo, B ^b   Pueyo, Y ^d  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Detrended Fluctuation Analyses; Fractals; Fragmentation; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

ANTHYLLIS CYTISOIDES; BALLOTA; BALLOTA HIRSUTA; BRACHYPODIUM RETUSUM; CISTUS; CISTUS ALBIDUS; GENISTA; GENISTA SPARTIOIDES; HELIANTHEMUM ALMERIENSE; LAUNAEA; PHLOMIS; PHLOMIS PURPUREA; POACEAE; TEUCRIUM; THYMUS HYEMALIS;

EID: 67349277469     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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