Landscape effects on diversity of semi-natural grasslands

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 182, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-58

  Janišová, Monika ^a   Michalcová, Dana ^b   Bacaro, Giovanni ^c   Ghisla, Anne ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Gamma diversity; Habitat diversity; Mass effect; Multiplicative beta diversity; Natural habitat; Non natural habitat; Spatially constrained rarefaction; Species pool; Vascular plants; Vegetation plot database

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893741310     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.05.022     Document Type: Article

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