Effects of road age and distance on plant biodiversity: A case study in the Yellow River Delta of China

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1213-1229

  Zeng, Sheng Lan ^a   Zhang, Ting Ting ^a   Gao, Yu ^a   Ouyang, Zu Tao ^a   Chen, Jia Kuan ^a   Li, Bo ^a   Zhao, Bin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Road disturbance; Spatial and temporal frame; Species richness and diversity

Indexed keywords

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SOYBEAN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

GLYCINE MAX; GLYCINE SOJA;

EID: 79958043164     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-9899-x     Document Type: Article

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