Surveillance of habitats and plant diversity indicators across a regional gradient in the Iberian Peninsula

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-44

  Ortega, M ^a   Guerra, C ^b,c   Honrado, J P ^d   Metzger, M J ^e   Bunce, R G H ^f,g   Jongman, R H G ^g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE VIANA DO CASTELO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Field survey; Monitoring; Observation networks; Sampling efficiency; Species and habitat indicators

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EFFICIENCY; MONITORING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SURVEYS;

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITY; FIELD SURVEYS; LANDSCAPE HETEROGENEITIES; LANDSCAPE INDICATORS; OBSERVATION NETWORKS; OBSERVATION SYSTEMS; SAMPLING EFFICIENCY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIELD SURVEY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MADRID BASIN; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 84895072619     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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