Landscape structure and land use history influence changes in island plant composition after 100years

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1645-1656

  Aggemyr, Elsa ^a   Cousins, Sara A O ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ellenberg indicator values; Extinction debt; Historical ecology; Island biogeography; Landscape features; Local features; Plant community dynamics; Species area relationship; Structural connectivity

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; CADASTRE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONNECTIVITY; DATABASE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EXTINCTION; FOREST COVER; GRAZING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; IMMIGRATION; ISLAND; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TURNOVER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; STOCKHOLM ARCHIPELAGO; SWEDEN;

EID: 84865174468     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02733.x     Document Type: Article

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