Habitat type richness associations with environmental variables: A case study in the Greek Natura 2000 aquatic ecosystems

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 929-943

  Drakou, Evangelia G ^a   Kallimanis, Athanasios S ^b   Mazaris, Antonios D ^a   Apostolopoulou, Evangelia ^a   Pantis, John D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Area effect; Climate change; GLMs; Habitats directive; Moving window; Natura 2000

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE; LATITUDE; LIMITING FACTOR; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 79955040852     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0005-4     Document Type: Article

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