Potential roles of small and linear habitat fragments in satoyama landscapes for conservation of grassland plant species

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 893-909

  Koyanagi, Tomoyo ^a   Kusumoto, Yoshinobu ^b   Yamamoto, Shori ^b   Takeuchi, Kazuhiko ^c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Open secondary woodland; Regional flora; Roadside vegetation; Species diversity; Urban Miscanthus grassland

Indexed keywords

MISCANTHUS;

EID: 84868548795     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-012-0253-4     Document Type: Article

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