Species richness in dry grassland patches of eastern Austria: A multi-taxon study on the role of local, landscape and habitat quality variables

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 182, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-36

  Zulka, Klaus Peter ^a,b   Abensperg Traun, Max ^a,c   Milasowszky, Norbert ^a   Bieringer, Georg ^d   Gereben Krenn, Barbara Amina ^a   Holzinger, Werner ^e   Hölzler, Gerald ^f,g   Rabitsch, Wolfgang ^a,b   Reischütz, Alexander ^h   Querner, Pascal ^a,g   Sauberer, Norbert ^a,i   Schmitzberger, Ingrid ^a,j   Willner, Wolfgang ^a,i   Wrbka, Thomas ^a   Zechmeister, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^c Institute for Organic Agriculture and Biodiversity   (Austria)

^d Technisches Büro für Biologie   (Austria)

^e Institute for Animal Ecology and Landscape Planning   (Austria)

^f Institut für angewandte Biologie und Umweltbildung   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^h VINCA Vienna Institute for Nature Conservation and Analyses ^*  (Austria)

ⁱ VINCA   (Austria)

^j Büro für Ökologie und Naturschutz   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Connectivity; Extinction debt; Fragmentation; Habitat quality; Isolation; Patch

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893764363     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.11.016     Document Type: Article

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