Scale- and taxon-dependent biodiversity patterns of dry grassland vegetation in Transylvania

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 182, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-24

  Turtureanu, Pavel Dan ^a   Palpurina, Salza ^b   Becker, Thomas ^c   Dolnik, Christian ^d   Ruprecht, Eszter ^a   Sutcliffe, Laura M E ^e   Szabó, Anna ^a   Dengler, Jürgen ^f  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Lichen; Plant species richness; Scale dependence; Semi natural grassland; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RESPONSE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION COVER;

ROMANIA; TRANSYLVANIA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84893743064     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.10.028     Document Type: Article

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