Historical land-use legacy and Cortaderia selloana invasion in the Mediterranean region

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1054-1064

  Domènech, Roser ^a   Vilà, Montserrat ^a   Pino, Joan ^a   Gesti, Josep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural fields; Alien plant; GIS; Global change; Land use changes; Land use history; Mediterranean Basin; Old fields; Pampas grass; Pastures

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GIS; LAND USE CHANGE;

AIGUAMOLLS DE L'EMPORDA NATURAL PARK; CATALONIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERONA [CATALONIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

CORTADERIA; CORTADERIA SELLOANA;

EID: 27744509712     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00965.x     Document Type: Article

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