The role of the expansion of native-invasive plant species in coastal dunes: The case of Retama monosperma in SW Spain

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-89

  Muñoz Vallés, Sara ^a   Gallego Fernández, Juan Bautista ^a   Cambrollé, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Dune stability; Ecosystem functioning; Facilitation; Plant community; Shrub encroachment

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISPERSION; DUNE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FACILITATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; STABILIZATION;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MOROCCO; SPAIN;

RETAMA MONOSPERMA;

EID: 84891664707     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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