Impact of land-use intensity on the conservation of functional and phylogenetic diversity in temperate semi-natural plant communities

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2259-2272

  Van Meerbeek, Koenraad ^a   Helsen, Kenny ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agricultural land use; Biodiversity; Land use change; Null models; Semi natural ecosystems; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LAND USE CHANGE; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84903882017     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0720-8     Document Type: Article

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