Plant invasions in temperate forests: Resistance or ephemeral phenomenon?

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Essl, Franz ^a   Milasowszky, Norbert ^b   Dirnböck, Thomas ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^b Institut für angewandte Biologie und Umweltbildung IFABU   (Austria)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Habitat diversity; Horticulture; Invasional meltdown; Life form; Pathway; Propagule pressure; Residence time; Temporal change; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 78751575917     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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