Beta-diversity patterns elucidate mechanisms of alien plant invasion in mountains

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 450-460

  Marini, Lorenzo ^a,b   Bertolli, Alessio ^c   Bona, Enzo ^d   Federici, Germano ^e   Martini, Fabrizio ^f   Prosser, Filippo ^c   Bommarco, Riccardo ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Museo Civico di Rovereto   (Italy)

^d Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali   (Italy)

^e FAB   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Altitude; Climate; Directional filtering; Dissimilarity; Exotic; Human population; Italian Alps; Nestedness; Replacement; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

INVASIVE SPECIES; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN; NESTEDNESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE;

ALPS; ITALY;

BRESCIA;

EID: 84874723303     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12006     Document Type: Article

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