Invasive species and climate change: Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronquist as a tool for assessing the invasibility of natural plant communities along an aridity gradient

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1953-1960

  Har Edom, Or Leyl ^a   Sternberg, Marcelo ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aridity; Climate change; Climatic gradient; Competition; Invasibility; Invasion; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DICOTYLEDON; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ISRAEL;

CONYZA; CONYZA CANADENSIS;

EID: 77953959444     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9640-z     Document Type: Article

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