Absence of distance decay in the similarity of plots at small extent in an urban brownfield

Community Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-44

  Bacaro, G ^a   Rocchini, D ^b   Dupre C ^c   Diekmann, M ^c   Carnesecchi, F ^a   Gori, V ^a   Chiarucci, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Bremen; DCA; Distance decay; Environmental distance; Monte Carlo randomizations; Nested plots; PCA; Spatial scales; Vascular plant

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; URBAN AREA; VASCULAR PLANT;

GERMANY;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84862126292     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.13.2012.1.5     Document Type: Article

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