The role of landscape configuration in plant composition of floodplain forests across different physiographic areas

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1110-1124

  Douda, Jan ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Forest continuity; Forest fragmentation; Forest loss; Forest species; Habitat quality; Human impact; Land cover classes; Landscape ecology; Riparian forests

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIGHT EFFECT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RIPARIAN FOREST; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 78049262514     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01213.x     Document Type: Article

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