Do climatically similar regions contain similar alien floras? A comparison between the mediterranean areas of central Chile and California

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 614-624

  Jiménez, Alejandra ^a,c   Pauchard, Aníbal ^a,c   Cavieres, Lohengrin A ^a,c   Marticorena, Alicia ^a   Bustamante, Ramiro O ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

Biotic homogenization; Comparative ecology; Exotic plant species; Latitudinal gradient; Naturalized flora; Non native species; Taxonomic comparison

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLORA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIBILITY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CALIFORNIA; CHILE; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40749114353     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01799.x     Document Type: Article

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