Diversity patterns and composition of native and exotic floras in central Chile

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-109

  Figueroa, Javier A ^a,b,e   Teillier, Sebastián ^b   Castro, Sergio A ^c,d,e  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY CEDENNA   (Chile)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Floristic similarity; Introduced species; Species richness; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FLORISTICS; HOMOGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; RIVER BANK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION COVER;

CHILE;

EID: 79951958471     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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