Qualitative variation in roadside weed vegetation along an urban-rural road gradient

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-132

  Hayasaka, Daisuke ^a   Akasaka, Munemitsu ^a   Miyauchi, Daisaku ^b   Box, Elgene O ^c   Uchida, Taizo ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biotic homogenization; Curbsides; Plant invasions; Road ecology; Roadside flora; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRASS; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; HOMOGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE; WEED;

JAPAN;

ASTERACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 84856499287     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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