Socioeconomics drive woody invasive plant richness in New England, USA through forest fragmentation

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1671-1686

  Allen, Jenica M ^a   Leininger, Thomas J ^b   Hurd, James D ^a   Civco, Daniel L ^a   Gelfand, Alan E ^b   Silander, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien invasive species; Exotic plants; Invasive Plant Atlas of New England; IPANE; Land use land cover; Northeastern United States; Social ecological

Indexed keywords

FLORA; FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INFRASTRUCTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODY PLANT;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887993524     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9916-7     Document Type: Article

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