Native and naturalized plant diversity are positively correlated in scrub communities of california and chile

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 193-210

  Sax, Dov F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal sage scrub; Exotic; Fire; Matorral; Mediterranean type climate; Species richness

Indexed keywords

FIRE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SCRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION COVER;

CHILE; UNITED STATES;

SALVIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0036286972     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.2002.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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