The role of exotic species in homogenizing the north American flora

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1293-1298

  Qian, Hong ^a   Ricklefs, Robert E ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Climate; Exotic species; Geographical distribution; Homogenization; Jaccard index; North America

Indexed keywords

FLORA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PLANT;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; PLANTS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33751255371     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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