Non-linear effect of habitat fragmentation on plant diversity: Evidence from a sand dune field in a desertified grassland in northeastern China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-96

  Wu, Jing ^a,b   Liu, Zhimin ^c   Qian, Jianqiang ^b,c  

^a Liaoning Forestry Vocation Technical College   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Continuous habitat; Fragment; Plant functional groups; Rare species; Relative abundance; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS HABITAT; FRAGMENT; PLANT FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; RARE SPECIES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

LANDFORMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DESERTIFICATION; DUNE; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NONLINEARITY; PATCH SIZE; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84874418812     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.01.020     Document Type: Article

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