Determinants of native and alien species richness in the urban flora of Rome

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 490-501

  Celesti Grapow, Laura ^a   Pyšek, Petr ^b,c   Jarošík, Vojtěch ^b,c   Blasi, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alien species; Archaeophytes; Biological invasions; Disturbance; Flora; Habitat; Mediterranean; Neophytes; Plant invasions; Rome; Urban flora

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FLORISTICS; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747416774     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2006.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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