Altitudinal distribution of alien plant species in the Swiss Alps

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 173-183

  Becker, Thomas ^a,b   Dietz, Hansjörg ^a   Billeter, Regula ^a   Buschmann, Holger ^a,c   Edwards, Peter J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Climatic warming; Colonization history; High mountains; Plant invasion; Propagule pressure

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33644586631     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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