Changes in hedgerow floral diversity over 70years in an English rural landscape, and the impacts of management

Biological Conservation

Volumn 167, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-105

  Staley, Joanna T ^a   Bullock, James M ^a   Baldock, Katherine C R ^b   Redhead, John W ^a   Hooftman, Danny A P ^a   Button, Nick ^c   Pywell, Richard F ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Dorset Environmental Records Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Eutrophication; Land use change; Management; Plant traits; Regional species pool; Species richness; Taxonomic homogenisation

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EUTROPHICATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HEDGEROW; HERB; HOMOGENEITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; REFUGIUM; RURAL AREA; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 84882997073     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.07.033     Document Type: Article

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