The alien flora of Greece: Taxonomy, life traits and habitat preferences

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3525-3549

  Arianoutsou, Margarita ^a   Bazos, Ioannis ^a   Delipetrou, Pinelopi ^a   Kokkoris, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Habitats; Mediterranean basin; Plant invasions; Species traits

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISPERSAL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURFACE WATER; TAXONOMY;

GREECE;

AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; AMARANTHACEAE; AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS ALBUS; ASTERACEAE; CONYZA BONARIENSIS; ERIGERON; FABACEAE; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); MAGNOLIOPHYTA; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS; OXALIS PES-CAPRAE; POACEAE; POLYGONACEAE; SOLANACEAE; SYMPHYOTRICHUM SQUAMATUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956883395     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9749-0     Document Type: Article

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