Differences in the trait compositions of non-indigenous and native plants across Germany

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2001-2012

  Küster, Eva C ^a,b   Durka, Walter ^a   Kühn, Ingolf ^a   Klotz, Stefan ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Broad scale heterogeneity; Environment; Functional traits; Invasion ecology; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

GERMANY;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 77953958316     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9603-4     Document Type: Article

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