Plant species diversity in alien black locust stands: A paired comparison with native stands across a north-Mediterranean range expansion

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 285, Issue , 2012, Pages 85-91

  Sitzia, Tommaso ^a   Campagnaro, Thomas ^a   Dainese, Matteo ^a   Cierjacks, Arne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dissimilarity index; Homogenisation; Plant community; Robinia pseudoacacia; Spontaneous reforestation; Tree invasion

Indexed keywords

DISSIMILARITY INDEX; HOMOGENISATION; PLANT COMMUNITIES; ROBINIA PSEUDO-ACACIA; TREE INVASION;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

REFORESTATION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DICOTYLEDON; GROUND COVER; HOMOGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATIVE SPECIES; PIEDMONT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND DYNAMICS; UNDERSTORY;

ECOLOGY; HOMOGENIZATION; INSECTS; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; ROBINIA;

EUROPE;

ACRIDIDAE; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84866006652     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.08.016     Document Type: Article

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