Community homogenization and the invasiveness of commensal species in Mediterranean afforested landscapes

Biological Invasions

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 507-515

  Manor, Regev ^a   Cohen, Oded ^a   Saltz, David ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acacia saligna; Afforestation; Ceratonia siliqua; Invasive species; Landscape homogenization; Mus musculus; Pinus halepensis; Small mammal community

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AFFORESTATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMENSAL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST COVER; HOMOGENEITY; LANDSCAPE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA; CERATONIA SILIQUA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 41049112901     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-007-9147-4     Document Type: Article

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