Traits related to species persistence and dispersal explain changes in plant communities subjected to habitat loss

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 898-908

  Marini, Lorenzo ^a,b   Bruun, Hans Henrik ^c   Heikkinen, Risto K ^d   Helm, Aveliina ^e   Honnay, Olivier ^f   Krauss, Jochen ^g   Kühn, Ingolf ^h   Lindborg, Regina ⁱ   Pärtel, Meelis ^e   Bommarco, Riccardo ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^h HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

ⁱ STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clonality; Competition; Connectivity; Dispersal; Fragmentation; Life history trait

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT RESTORATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VULNERABILITY;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84864934054     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00893.x     Document Type: Article

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