Defining a target map of native species assemblages for restoration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 439-448

  Siles, Gemma ^a   Alcántara, Julio M ^a   Rey, Pedro J ^a   Bastida, Jesús M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean plant communities; Postfire restoration; ROC curve; Species distribution models; Species richness; Vegetation recovery

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NATIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 77955163415     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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