Effects of alien species on homogenization of urban floras across continents: A tale of two mediterranean cities on two different continents

Plant Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-9

  Garcillán, Pedro P ^a   Dana, Elías D ^b   Rebman, Jon P ^c   Peñas, Julio ^d  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alien species; Homogenization; Mediterranean regions; Urban floras

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896988760     PISSN: 20323913     EISSN: 20323921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2014.950     Document Type: Article

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