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Interpreting the effects of landscape connectivity on community diversity
Author(s) -
Brudvig Lars A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of vegetation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1654-1103
pISSN - 1100-9233
DOI - 10.1111/jvs.12365
Subject(s) - grassland , ecology , species richness , geography , vegetation (pathology) , diversity (politics) , plant community , biodiversity , plant diversity , gamma diversity , beta diversity , biology , sociology , medicine , pathology , anthropology
Landscape connectivity is considered a key factor regulating species diversity of natural and managed landscapes, yet the influence of connectivity relative to other factors remains poorly resolved. In this issue of Journal of Vegetation Science , Jakobsson and colleagues illustrate how grassland plant species richness is more strongly affected by the age and management of grassland patches than by connectivity.