Relationship between species richness and spatial and temporal distance from seed source in semi-natural grassland

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 336-345

  Matsumura, Toshikazu ^a   Takeda, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a KONAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Dispersal limitation; Dispersal mode; Fragmentation; Paddy field; Rice agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954337672     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2010.01075.x     Document Type: Article

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