Compositional similarity and the distribution of geographical range size for assemblages of native and non-native species in urban floras

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 679-686

  La Sorte, Frank A ^a   McKinney, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activities; Biological invasions; Biotic homogenization; Compositional similarity; Distribution; Exotic species; Geographical range; Non native species; Urban floras

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; FLORA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; RANGE SIZE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33750479392     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2006.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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