Landscape structure effects on forest plant diversity at local scale: Exploring the role of spatial extent

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages 44-52

  Amici, Valerio ^a   Rocchini, Duccio ^b   Filibeck, Goffredo ^c   Bacaro, Giovanni ^d   Santi, Elisa ^d   Geri, Francesco ^e   Landi, Sara ^a   Scoppola, Anna ^c   Chiarucci, Alessandro ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complexity; Disturbance; Extent; Fragmentation; Plant species richness; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921262195     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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