Topographically controlled soil moisture drives plant diversity patterns within grasslands

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2151-2166

  Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold ^a   Arge, Lars ^a   Bøcher, Peder Klith ^a   Dalgaard, Tommy ^a   Ejrnæs, Rasmus ^a   Odgaard, Mette Vestergaard ^a   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Europe; Light detection and ranging (LiDAR); Local scale; NATURA 2000; Solar radiation; Topographic wetness index (TWI); Vegetation; Wind

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; HEAT BALANCE; LIDAR; PLANT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; WIND;

DENMARK; EUROPE;

EID: 84883272392     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0442-3     Document Type: Article

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