Increase of alien and C4 plant species in annual river bank vegetation of the River Rhine

Phytocoenologia

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 393-402

  Schmitz, Ulf ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity changes; Biological invasions; Climate effects; Exotic species; Global change; Polygono Chenopodietum; Rhine; Sand banks

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RIVER BANK; SANDBANK; VEGETATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; RHINE RIVER;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; CHENOPODIUM RUBRUM;

EID: 33749073853     PISSN: 0340269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0340-269X/2006/0036-0393     Document Type: Article

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