Contribution of alien and indigenous species to plant-community assemblages near penguin rookeries at Crozet archipelago

Polar Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 432-437

  Vidal, Eric ^a   Jouventin, Pierre ^b   Frenot, Yves ^c  

^a AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEABIRD;

CROZET ISLANDS; ILE DE LA POSSESSION; INDIAN OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; APTENODYTES; APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0038304708     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-003-0500-5     Document Type: Article

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