Conservation credit for plant species diversity of small nature reserves in an agricultural matrix

Plant Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-298

  Helsen, Kenny ^a   van Meerbeek, Koenraad ^a   Honnay, Olivier ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation credit; Landscape matrix; Plant species; Protected area; Soil type

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455212704     PISSN: 20323913     EISSN: 20323921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2011.467     Document Type: Article

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