Alien and native plant life-forms respond differently to human and climate pressures

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 534-544

  Marini, Lorenzo ^a   Battisti, Andrea ^a   Bona, Enzo ^b   Federici, Germano ^c   Martini, Fabrizio ^d   Pautasso, Marco ^e   Hulme, Philip E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b C/o Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali ^*  (Italy)

^c FAB Gruppo Flora Alpina Bergamasca   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Disturbance; Elevation gradient; Global warming; Italy; Land use change; Mountain; Propagule pressure; Urbanization; Weeds

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; NATIVE SPECIES; NICHE; PROPAGULE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBANIZATION; WEED;

ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 84859421180     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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