The taxonomic distribution of invasive angiosperm plants: Ecological insights and comparison to agricultural weeds

Biological Conservation

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-180

  Daehler, Curtis C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological characteristics; Plant families; Plant invaders; Statistical trends; Weeds

Indexed keywords

INVASIVE PLANT; TAXONOMY; WEED;

EID: 0032080577     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00096-7     Document Type: Article

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