New synthetic indicators to assess community resilience and restoration success

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 468-477

  Jaunatre, Renaud ^a   Buisson, Elise ^a   Muller, Isabelle ^a,b   Morlon, Hélène ^c   Mesléard, François ^a,b   Dutoit, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c CENTRE DE MATHÉMATIQUES APPLIQUÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Community Structure Integrity Index; Ecological restoration; Eological indicator; Higher Abundance Index; Plant community; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDICES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; PLANT COMMUNITIES; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; RESTORATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOINDICATOR; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEPPE;

FRANCE;

EID: 84874613258     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.01.023     Document Type: Article

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