Impacts of edge density of field patches on plant species richness and community turnover among margin habitats in agricultural landscapes

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-34

  Ma, Maohua ^a   Hietala, Reija ^b   Kuussaari, Mikko ^c   Helenius, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Edge density; Field margins; Non crop fields; Plants; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; CROP FIELDS; EDGE DENSITIES; FIELD MARGINS; PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; EDGE EFFECT; FIELD MARGIN; GIS; LAND USE CHANGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURNOVER; VASCULAR PLANT;

FINLAND;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84901916901     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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