Effect of habitat area and isolation on plant trait distribution in European forests and grasslands

Ecography

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 356-363

  Lindborg, Regina ^a   Helm, Aveliina ^b   Bommarco, Riccardo ^c   Heikkinen, Risto K ^c,d   Kühn, Ingolf ^e   Pykälä, Juha ^a   Pärtel, Meelis ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAL GROWTH; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; ISOLATED POPULATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PERSISTENCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED SIZE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84859423173     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07286.x     Document Type: Article

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