Habitat specialists and generalists drive homogenization and differentiation of temperate forest plant communities at the regional scale

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 848-855

  Naaf, Tobias ^a   Wulf, Monika ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Germany; Herb layer; Long term change; Semi permanent plots; Similarity index

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; DIVERSITY INDEX; HABITAT SELECTION; HERB; HOMOGENEITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PH; PLANT COMMUNITY; SIMILARITY INDEX; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

GERMANY;

EID: 77649237881     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.12.027     Document Type: Article

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