Using Life Strategies to Explore the Vulnerability of Ecosystem Services to Invasion by Alien Plants

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 678-693

  Vicente, Joana R ^a,b   Pinto, Ana T ^a   Araújo, Miguel B ^c,d,e   Verburg, Peter H ^f   Lomba, Angela ^a,g   Randin, Christophe F ^h   Guisan, Antoine ^g   Honrado, João P ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

alien invasive plants; CSR Grime; ecosystem services; ecosystem services mapping; life strategies; multi model inference; spatial conflict

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVASIVENESS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SPECIES RICHNESS; VULNERABILITY;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84877753211     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9640-9     Document Type: Article

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