The flora of German cities is naturally species rich

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 749-764

  Kühn, Ingolf ^a   Brandl, Roland ^b   Klotz, Stefan ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alien plants; Environmental correlates; Environmental heterogeneity; Native plants; Resampling methods; Species richness; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 17044455031     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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