The global distribution of plant species richness in a human-dominated world

The global distribution of plant species richness in a human-dominated world

<p>Plant species richness is essential for ecosystem functioning, resilience and ecosystem services, yet is globally threatened by anthropogenic land use, including management and modification of the natural environment. At broad scales, land-use effects are often simply modelled by habitat lo...

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Main Author: Katharina Gerstner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Biogeography Society 2017-04-01
Series:Frontiers of Biogeography
Subjects:
Biodiversity, conservation biogeography, Europe, land use, meta-analysis, plants, species-area relationship, species richness
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/1r36c5rp

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