Plant species richness, composition and habitat specificity in a Norwegian agricultural landscape

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 189-196

  Hamre, Liv N ^a   Halvorsen, Rune ^b   Edvardsen, Anette ^b   Rydgren, Knut ^a  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Cadastral map; Diversity; Semi natural grassland; Species distribution; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CADASTRE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EXTINCTION; FLORISTICS; GRASSLAND; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; MANMADE STRUCTURE; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODLAND;

NORWAY;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77955089903     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.04.018     Document Type: Article

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