Using species spectra to evaluate plant community conservation value along a gradient of anthropogenic disturbance

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 6221-6233

  Marcelino, José A P ^a   Silva, Luís ^a   Garcia, Patricia V ^a   Weber, Everett ^b   Soares, António O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Bayesian inference; Biodiversity; Multinomial model; Species spectra

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; BAYESIAN INFERENCE; CONSERVATION STATUS; CONSERVATION VALUES; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MULTINOMIAL MODEL; SPECIES ASSEMBLAGE; THREATENED SPECIES;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; INFERENCE ENGINES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ECOSYSTEMS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; HERB; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT IDENTIFICATION; PRESERVATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES INVASION;

AZORES; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

AZORES; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84879830323     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-3019-9     Document Type: Article

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