Habitat specificity analyses reveal the importance of grazing refugia for plant diversity conservation in a warm-temperate grassy ecosystem

Title
Habitat specificity analyses reveal the importance of grazing refugia for plant diversity conservation in a warm-temperate grassy ecosystem
Publication Date
2016
Author(s)
Schultz, Nick L
Reid, Nick
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4377-9734
Email: nrei3@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:nrei3
Lodge, Greg M
Hunter, John T
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5112-0465
Email: jhunte20@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jhunte20
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.1111/avsc.12251
UNE publication id
une:19784
Abstract
The effects of pastoralism on grassy vegetation are predicted to vary across spatial scales. However, local-scale effects have generally been better considered than large-scale effects that may be pertinent for plant diversity conservation. We examined variation in plant diversity in an agricultural region by comparing patterns observed at large and local scales for different land uses. We tested whether habitat specificity (which relates to how specific different species are to particular land uses) can indicate the importance of land uses to plant diversity conservation.
Link
Citation
Applied Vegetation Science, 19(4), p. 578-588
ISSN
1654-109X
1402-2001
Start page
578
End page
588

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