History matters: Village distances, grazing and grassland species diversity

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1216-1224

  Reitalu, Triin ^a   Johansson, Lotten J ^a   Sykes, Martin T ^a   Hall, Karin ^a   Prentice, Honor C ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fine scale species diversity; Grazing intensity; Habitat connectivity; Historical maps; Landscape; Management continuity; Semi natural; Temperate grasslands

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY; RURAL AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

KALMAR [SWEDEN]; OLAND; SWEDEN;

EID: 78149289986     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01875.x     Document Type: Article

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