Components, processes and consequences of biotic homogenization: A review

Contemporary Problems of Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-136

  Dar, Pervaiz A ^a   Reshi, Zafar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

Author keywords

biological invasion; conservation; ecological and evolutionary consequences; species extirpation; urbanization

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EXTINCTION; FOOD WEB; HOMOGENEITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATURE CONSERVATION; RESERVE DESIGN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84899973091     PISSN: 19954255     EISSN: 19954263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1995425514020103     Document Type: Review

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