Human-induced edges alter grassland community composition

Biological Conservation

Volumn 158, Issue , 2013, Pages 384-392

  Gieselman, Tanis M ^a   Hodges, Karen E ^b   Vellend, Mark ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptogamic crust; Edge effect; Exotic weed; Fragmentation; Grassland; Road

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; INVASIVE SPECIES; PATCH SIZE; PH; PLANT COMMUNITY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL CRUST; SOIL PROFILE; WEED;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84870926483     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.08.019     Document Type: Article

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