The characters of successful invaders

Biological Conservation

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 163-170

  Williamson, Mark H ^a   Fitter, Alastair ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

boom and bust; British plants; Ecological Flora Database; invasion; propagule pressure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTRODUCED PLANT;

UK;

PINACEAE; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0030251396     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(96)00025-0     Document Type: Article

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