Invasive alien plants in protected areas in mediterranean Islands: Knowledge gaps and main threats

Plant Invasions in Protected Areas: Patterns, Problems and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 395-422

  Brundu, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carpobrotus spp.; Invasive alien plants; Island endemic species; Mediterranean endemic plants; Mediterranean islands

Indexed keywords

EID: 85003989781     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7750-7_18     Document Type: Chapter

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