Species diversity and life history traits in calcareous grasslands vary along an urbanization gradient

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2243-2267

  Albrecht, Harald ^a   Haider, Sylvia ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Habitat filtering; RLQ analysis; Species traits; Urban rural gradient

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOWERING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATION; SEED; SOIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBANIZATION;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; MUNICH;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84883275829     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0437-0     Document Type: Article

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