Geographical constraints are stronger than invasion patterns for European urban floras.

Understanding the mechanisms that affect invasion success of alien species is an important prerequisite for the effective management of present and future aliens. To gain insight into this matter we asked the following questions: Are the geographical patterns of species distributions in urban floras...

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Main Authors: Carlo Ricotta, Laura Celesti-Grapow, Ingolf Kühn, Gillian Rapson, Petr Pyšek, Frank A La Sorte, Ken Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3899062?pdf=render