Landscape-scale patterns of alien plant species on coastal dunes: The case of iceplant in central Italy

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-145

  Carranza, M Laura ^a   Carboni, Marta ^b   Feola, Silverio ^a   Acosta, Alicia T R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Between patch boundary; Electivity; Iceplant (carpobrotus aff. Acinaciformis (l.) l. Bolus); Land cover map; Landscape metrics; Mediterranean coast; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

CARPOBROTUS; MESEMBRYANTHEMUM;

EID: 77949431239     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2009.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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