Landscape context modulates alien plant invasion in Mediterranean forest edges

Biological Invasions

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 547-557

  González Moreno, Pablo ^a   Pino, Joan ^b   Gassó, Núria ^b   Vilà, Montserrat ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alien plant species; Edge effects; Forest fragmentation; Level of invasion; Species traits

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84874265049     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0306-x     Document Type: Article

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