Predicting trends of invasive plants richness using local socio-economic data: An application in North Portugal

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 960-966

  Santos, Mário ^a   Freitas, Raul ^a   Crespí, António L ^a   Hughes, Samantha Jane ^a   Cabral, João Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Disturbance ecology; Geophysical parameters; Invasive plant richness; Socio economic trends; Stochastic dynamic methodology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INVASIVE SPECIES; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOCHASTICITY; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; EXOTIC SPECIES; GOVERNMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PORTUGAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC METHODOLOGY; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANTS; PORTUGAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBANIZATION;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 80053265514     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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