Plant metacommunity structure remains unchanged during biodiversity loss in English woodlands

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 302-310

  Keith, Sally A ^a   Newton, Adrian C ^a   Morecroft, Michael D ^a,b   Golicher, Duncan J ^a,c   Bullock, James M ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION STATUS; HABITAT LOSS; HOMOGENEITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WOODLAND;

EID: 78751632130     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18775.x     Document Type: Article

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