The impact of land abandonment on species richness and abundance in the Mediterranean Basin: A meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Plieninger, Tobias ^a   Hui, Cang ^b,c   Gaertner, Mirijam ^b   Huntsinger, Lynn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ARABLE LAND; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLIMATE; CROPLAND; EFFECT SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND ABANDONMENT; LAND USE; LICHEN (ORGANISM); NONHUMAN; PASTURELAND; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; VASCULAR PLANT; ANIMAL; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; META ANALYSIS; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIOTA; BIRDS; CLIMATE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LICHENS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84901467794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098355     Document Type: Article

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