Regional assessment of plant invasions across different habitat types

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-42

  Vilà, Montserrat ^a,c   Pino, Joan ^a   Font, Xavier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alien plant; EUNIS; Mediterranean community; Releve; Species richness; Vegetation type

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HABITAT TYPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 34047228057     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[35:RAOPIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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