Examining native and exotic species diversity in European riparian forests

Biological Conservation

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 146-156

  Schnitzler, Annik ^a   Hale, Brack W ^b   Alsum, Esther M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b International Relations and Political Science   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Europe; Exotic species; Invasive species; Riparian forests; River floodplains

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLOODPLAIN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; META-ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; RIPARIAN FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34250014401     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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