Spread of common species results in local-scale floristic homogenization in grassland of Switzerland

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1089-1098

  Bühler, Christoph ^a   Roth, Tobias ^a,b  

^a Hintermann and Weber SA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Biodiversity monitoring; Biotic homogenization; Grassland; Meadows; Simpson index

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FIELD SURVEY; FLORISTICS; GRASSLAND; HOMOGENEITY; LAND USE CHANGE; MEADOW; PASTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

SWITZERLAND;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 80054120424     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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