Quantifying the landscape influence on plant invasions in Mediterranean coastal habitats

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 891-903

  González Moreno, Pablo ^a   Pino, Joan ^b   Carreras, David ^c   Basnou, Corina ^b   Fernández Rebollar, Iván ^c   Vilà, Montserrat ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Observatori Socioambiental de Menorca (OBSAM IME)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Land use and land cover change; Landscape configuration; Level of invasion; Non native plants; Spatial heterogeneity; Species richness; Urban area

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL ZONE; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PROPAGULE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA;

SPAIN;

EID: 84876961413     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9857-1     Document Type: Article

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