A latitudinal gradient of beta diversity for exotic vascular plant species in North America

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 556-560

  Qian, Hong ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Climate; Distance decay of similarity; Invasive species; Latitudinal diversity gradient; Simpson similarity index; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOPOGRAPHY; VASCULAR PLANT;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 42149120824     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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