Using biological traits to assess how urbanization filters plant species of small woodlands

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 412-424

  Vallet, Jeanne ^a   Daniel, Hervé ^a   Beaujouan, Véronique ^a   Rozé, Françoise ^b   Pavoine, Sandrine ^c  

^a AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dispersibility; Ellenberg indicator values; Habitat filtering; Mixed variables coefficient of distance; Persistence; Regeneration; RLQ analysis; Urban filters; Urban vegetation; Urban rural gradient

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956306891     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2010.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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