The impact of Acacia saligna invasion on Italian coastal dune EC habitats

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 336, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 364-369

  Del Vecchio, Silvia ^a   Acosta, Alicia ^a   Stanisci, Angela ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alien species; Guild; Priority habitat; SCI

Indexed keywords

DUNE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GUILD; HABITAT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ORDINATION; RUDERAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; VEGETATION;

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; PINE; RUDERAL SPECIES; SCRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

ITALY;

ACACIA SALIGNA;

ALIEN SPECIES; GUILD; PRIORITY HABITAT; SCI;

ACACIA; BIODIVERSITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PINUS;

EID: 84881478961     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: 17683238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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