The value of indicator species for landscape characterization

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 418-428

  Munoz J M ^a   Alcantara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; landscape classification; landscape heterogeneity; Mediterranean vegetation; vegetation environment relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879965265     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2012.751062     Document Type: Article

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