Determinants of plant species richness and patterns of nestedness in fragmented landscapes: Evidence from land-bridge islands

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1405-1417

  Hu, Guang ^a   Feeley, Kenneth J ^b,c   Wu, Jianguo ^d,e   Xu, Gaofu ^f   Yu, Mingjian ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Tropical Plant Conservation   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Xin'an River Development Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Functional group; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape spatial attributes; Plant diversity; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

FIELD SURVEY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; NESTEDNESS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

CHINA; QIANDAO LAKE; ZHEJIANG;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 80855123439     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9662-7     Document Type: Article

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