Comparative patterns of plant invasions in the mediterranean biome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Arianoutsou, Margarita ^a   Delipetrou, Pinelopi ^a   Vilà, Montserrat ^b   Dimitrakopoulos, Panayiotis G ^c   Celesti Grapow, Laura ^d   Wardell Johnson, Grant ^e   Henderson, Lesley ^f   Fuentes, Nicol ^g,h   Ugarte Mendes, Eduardo ^g   Rundel, Philip W ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^h INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANTS;

EID: 84893689567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079174     Document Type: Article

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