The significance of the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Islands for the assessment of the vulnerability of native communities to climate change, alien insect invasions and plant viruses

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1195-1208

  Lebouvier, M ^a   Laparie, M ^a   Hulle M ^b   Marais, A ^c   Cozic, Y ^a,b   Lalouette, L ^e   Vernon, P ^a   Candresse, T ^c   Frenot, Y ^a,d   Renault, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d TECHNOPÔLE BREST IROISE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Endemic species; Environmental variables; Human impact; Introduced species; Island communities; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; APHID; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLY; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; VIRUS; VULNERABILITY;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

APHIDIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79955002331     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-9946-5     Document Type: Article

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