Effects of introduced species on floristic similarity: Comparing two US states

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 617-625

  Qian, Hong ^a   McKinney, Michael L ^b   Kühn, Ingolf ^c  

^a RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Biotic differentiation; Biotic homogenization; California; Exotic species; Flora; Florida; Introduced species; Plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249124096     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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