Biotic homogenization of urban floras by alien species: the role of species turnover and richness differences

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Authors	LOSOSOVÁ Zdeňka CHYTRÝ Milan DANIHELKA Jiří TICHÝ Lubomír RICOTTA Carlo
Year of publication	2016
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Journal of Vegetation Science
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Web	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvs.12381/full
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12381
Field	Botany
Keywords	Archaeophyte; Environmental filter; Habitat; Neophyte; Richness difference; Turnover; Urban ecology; b-diversity
Description	We ask whether changes in beta diversity of plant communities due to introduction of alien species result from changes in species turnover or from differences in species richness. Using dataset of European urban habitats we show that changes in beta diversity induced by the establishment of alien species reflect mainly species turnover, whereas the richness difference component has small effects.
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