Interactions between abiotic filters, landscape structure and species traits as determinants of dairy farmland plant diversity

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 248-258

  Lomba, Angela ^a   Bunce, Robert G H ^b   Jongman, Rob H G ^b   Moreira, Francisco ^c   Honrado, João ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Dairy landscapes; Functional groups; Landscape attributes; Species richness; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FARMS; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LAND USE;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; LANDSCAPE ATTRIBUTES; PLANT SPECIES DIVERSITY; POTENTIAL NEGATIVE EFFECTS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES TURNOVER; VASCULAR PLANT SPECIES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

PORTUGAL;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 78651457746     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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