Effects of environmental heterogeneity and disturbance on the native and non-native flora of desert springs

Biological Invasions

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1091-1101

  Fleishman, Erica ^a   Murphy, Dennis D ^b   Sada, Donald W ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Disturbance; Intermediate disturbance; Invasive species; Management; Nestedness; Restoration; Spring Mountains; Springs

Indexed keywords

DESERT; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLORA; HABITAT RESTORATION; HETEROGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE; NATIVE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPRING WATER;

MOJAVE DESERT; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; SPRING MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747097002     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-005-7564-9     Document Type: Article

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