Weeds shift from generalist to specialist: Narrowing of ecological niches along a north-south gradient

Preslia

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-46

  Šilc, Urban ^a,b   Lososová, Zdenka ^c   Vrbnicanin, Sava ^d  

^a ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b BiotechnicalCenter Naklo ^*  (Slovenia)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Balkan; Caucalidion; Central Europe; Niche width; Species co occurrence; Weed vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GENERALIST; NATURE CONSERVATION; NICHE; SPECIALIST; WEED;

BALKANS; CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 84899717161     PISSN: 00327786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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