Multiple anthropogenic changes cause biodiversity loss through plant invasion

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1428-1436

  van Der Wal, René ^a,b   Truscott, Anne Marie ^a,b   Pearce, Imogen S K ^b   Cole, Lisa ^b   Harris, Mike P ^b   Wanless, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Experiment; Frost tolerance; Island ecosystem; Non native; Nutrient subsidies from seabirds; Plant invasion; Puffin; Rabbit grazing; Tree mallow

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT; SEABIRD;

FRATERCULA ARCTICA; LARIDAE; LAVATERA; LAVATERA ARBOREA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 43349090932     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01576.x     Document Type: Article

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