Plant diversity in a changing agricultural landscape mosaic in Southern Transylvania (Romania)

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 199, Issue , 2015, Pages 350-357

  Loos, Jacqueline ^a   Turtureanu, Pavel Dan ^b   Wehrden, Henrik Von ^a,c   Hanspach, Jan ^a   Dorresteijn, Ine ^a   Frink, József Pál ^d   Fischer, Joern ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^d Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal and Cátedra de Biogeografía FCEFyN ^*  (Romania)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Land sharing; Land use change; Landscape ecology; Natura 2000; Plant species richness; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; EUROPEAN UNION; GRASSLAND; HETEROGENEITY; MARKET SYSTEM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WEED;

ROMANIA; TRANSYLVANIA;

EID: 84910090898     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.10.013     Document Type: Article

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