Determinants of plant species invasions in an arid island: Evidence from Socotra Island (Yemen)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1381-1392

  Senan, Ali S ^a   Tomasetto, Federico ^b   Farcomeni, Alessio ^c   Somashekar, Rayasamuda K ^a   Attorre, Fabio ^d  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alien plants; Invasion; Islands; Naturalization; Species distribution models; Weeds

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARID REGION; BASELINE SURVEY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLORISTICS; HERB; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; NATURALIZATION; RESEARCH WORK; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WEED;

HADRAMAWT; SOCOTRA; YEMEN;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84865561058     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0098-1     Document Type: Article

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