Alien and native plants show contrasting responses to climate and land use in Europe

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 367-379

  Polce, Chiara ^a   Kunin, William E ^a   Biesmeijer, Jacobus C ^a   Dauber, Jens ^b   Phillips, Oliver L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Federal Research Institute of Rural Areas Forestry and Fisheries vTI   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alien cover; Alien plants; Biological invasion; Climate change; Disturbance; Europe; Land use; Microclimate; Native species; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; MICROCLIMATE; NATIVE SPECIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION COVER;

EUROPE;

EID: 79953771313     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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