Prevalence of alien versus native species of woody plants in Berlin differs between habitats and at different scales

Preslia

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 113-132

  Kowarik, Ingo ^a,b   Von Der Lippe, Moritz ^a,b   Cierjacks, Arne ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ailanthus altissima; Casual species; Exotic species; Functional traits; Naturalization; Non indigenous plant; Ornamental species; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; CULTIVATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; EUTROPHICATION; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HABITAT TYPE; HEAT ISLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURALIZATION; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA;

BERLIN; GERMANY;

EID: 84877763928     PISSN: 00327786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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