Floristic homogeneity underlies environmental diversification of northern New Zealand urban areas

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 285-303

  Asmus, U ^a,b   Rapson, G L ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WEIHENSTEPHAN TRIESDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

annual; invasion ecology; native exotic ratio; perennial

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLORISTICS; GRASS; HOMOGENEITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; TOURIST DESTINATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN HISTORY;

EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAUPO; WAIKATO;

EID: 84907778474     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2014.897634     Document Type: Article

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