Traits of British alien and native urban plants

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 853-859

  Thompson, Ken ^a   McCarthy, Michael A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alien plants; Bayesian analysis; Dispersal; Ellenberg numbers; Extinction; Growth form; Plant traits; SLA; Soil pH; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FLORAL TRAIT; FLORISTICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND COVER; NATIVE SPECIES; PERSISTENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; URBANIZATION; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SHEFFIELD [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 49649124428     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01383.x     Document Type: Article

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