Determinants of non-native plant species richness and composition across small Mediterranean islands

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2559-2572

  Pretto, F ^a   Celesti Grapow, L ^a   Carli, E ^a,b   Brundu, G ^c   Blasi, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Introduced flora; Italy; Plant invasions; Regression tree; Tourism; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

ITALY;

EID: 84868366990     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0252-7     Document Type: Article

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