Local and management variables outweigh landscape effects in enhancing the diversity of different taxa in a big metropolis

Biological Conservation

Volumn 157, Issue , 2013, Pages 285-292

  Shwartz, Assaf ^a,b   Muratet, Audrey ^b   Simon, Laurent ^a   Julliard, Romain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Differential management; Diversity indexes; Landscape scale; Local scale; Mulch; Peat; Surrogate

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DIVERSITY INDEX; GREENSPACE; INSECT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MULCH; NATURE CONSERVATION; PEAT; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATOR; SOIL PROFILE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

AVES; HEXAPODA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84870361143     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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