Extinction debt in a common grassland species: Immediate and delayed responses of plant and population fitness

Plant Ecology

Volumn 214, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 953-963

  Takkis, Krista ^a   Pärtel, Meelis ^a   Saar, Liina ^a   Helm, Aveliina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

AICc; Connectivity; Habitat fragmentation; Human population density; Semi natural grassland; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; GRASS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIALIST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ESTONIA;

BRIZA MEDIA;

EID: 84879786395     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-013-0221-y     Document Type: Article

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