Importance of hedgerows as habitat corridors for forest plants in agricultural landscapes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2522-2530

  Wehling, Stephan ^a   Diekmann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Conservation; Forest fragmentation; Hedgerow transect; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONNECTIVITY; ECOTONE; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HEDGEROW; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 69249230792     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.05.023     Document Type: Article

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