Landscape complexity differentially affects alpha, beta, and gamma diversities of plants occurring in fencerows and crop fields

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2477-2486

  Poggio, Santiago L ^a   Chaneton, Enrique J ^a   Ghersa, Claudio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Biodiversity; Land use patterns; Mass effects; Pampas; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HETEROGENEITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; REFUGE;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 77956874966     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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