Influence of past land use and current human disturbance on non-native plant species on small Italian islands

Plant Ecology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-239

  Pretto, F ^a   Celesti Grapow, L ^a   Carli, E ^a   Blasi, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agriculture abandonment; Alien flora; Mediterranean Basin; Ornamental introduction; Plant invasion; Terraces

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND USE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TERRACE; VEGETATION TYPE;

ITALY; LATINA; LAZIO; PONTINE ISLANDS; PONZA; VENTOTENE;

EID: 77956011949     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9751-8     Document Type: Article

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