Species attributes and invasion success by alien plants on Mediterranean islands

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 512-520

  Lloret, Francisco ^a   Médail, Frédéric ^b   Brundu, Giuseppe ^c   Camarda, Ignazio ^c   Moragues, Eva ^d   Rita, Juan ^e   Lambdon, Philip ^f   Hulme, Philip E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^f CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alien plant species; Biogeography; Biological invasions; Invasion syndrome; Island ecology; Mediterranean Basin; Naturalized species; Species traits

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INVASIBILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; CORSE; CRETE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GREECE; ITALY; MAJORCA; MALTA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ASTERALES; CARYOPHYLLALES; POALES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 20444442420     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.00979.x     Document Type: Article

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