Biotic homogenization of the California flora in urban and urbanizing regions

Biological Conservation

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 282-291

  Schwartz, Mark W ^a   Thorne, James H ^a   Viers, Joshua H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Conservation; Noxious weeds; Rarity; Urban; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

FLORISTICS; HOMOGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; URBANIZATION; VASCULAR PLANT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 28444491109     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.05.017     Document Type: Article

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