Plant diversity partitioning in Mediterranean croplands: Effects of farming intensity, field edge, and landscape context

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 972-981

  Concepción, Elena D ^a   Fernandez González, Federico ^b   Díaz, Mario ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Edge effects; Gamma diversity; Landscape composition; Landscape connectivity; Regional effects

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CEREAL; EDGE EFFECT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NICHE PARTITIONING; PRIORITIZATION; REGIONAL PATTERN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANTS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

EID: 84860227774     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1471.1     Document Type: Article

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