Why are many anthropogenic agroecosystems particularly species-rich?

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 550-557

  Cerabolini, B E L ^a   Pierce, S ^b   Verginella, A ^a,c   Brusa, G ^a   Ceriani, R M ^d   Armiraglio, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Department of Botany   (Italy)

^d The Native Flora Centre of the Lombardy Region (Centro Flora Autoctona CFA)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional diversity; functional traits; plant functional type; species richness; universal adaptive strategy theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918593005     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2014.987848     Document Type: Article

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