Floristic homogenization by native ruderal and alien plants in north-east Spain: The effect of environmental differences on a regional scale

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 563-574

  Pino, Joan ^a   Font, Xavier ^b   de Cáceres, Miquel ^b   Molowny Horas, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alien species; Biotic homogenisation; Bootstrap methods; Catalonia; Euclidean distance; Floristic similarity; Mahalanobis distance; Native ruderal; Simpson index; Spain

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; BIOTIC FACTOR; BOOTSTRAPPING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FLORISTICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIMILARITY INDEX; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR PLANT;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 68649096139     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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