Detection of extinction debt depends on scale and specialisation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 782-787

  Cousins, Sara A O ^a   Vanhoenacker, Didrik ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cadastral maps; Grassland; Landscape ecology; Landscape history; Relaxation time; Semi natural grasslands; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXTINCTION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 79451470076     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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