Examining the role of landscape structure and dynamics in alien plant invasion from urban Mediterranean coastal habitats

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 136, Issue , 2015, Pages 156-164

  Basnou, Corina ^a   Iguzquiza, Jorge ^a   Pino, Joan ^a  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alien plants; Landscape context; Landscape dynamics; Patch stability; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

ALIEN PLANTS; LAND-COVER CHANGE; LANDSCAPE COMPOSITION; LANDSCAPE CONTEXT; LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; METROPOLITAN REGIONS; URBAN AREAS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; METROPOLITAN AREA; PATCH SIZE; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

PLANTS; RAIN; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STABILITY;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84920887130     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.12.001     Document Type: Article

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