The role of overgrazing and anthropogenic disturbance in shaping spatial patterns of distribution of an invasive seaweed

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 406-414

  Tamburello, Laura ^a   Bulleri, Fabio ^a   Balata, David ^b   Benedetti Cecchi, Lisandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Tenuta San Beda   (Italy)

Author keywords

1 f noise; Biological invasion; Caulerpa racemosa; Herbivory; Mediterranean; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrasses; Seaweeds; Spatial autocorrelation; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISTURBANCE; GREEN ALGA; HERBIVORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; OVERGRAZING; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS; SEAWEED; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

CAULERPA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 84896393101     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12199     Document Type: Article

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