Global patterns of plant invasions and the concept of invasibility

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1522-1536

  Lonsdale, W M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Disturbance; Exotic species; Extinction; Immigration; Invasibility; Islands; Nature reserves; Plant invasions; Propagule pressure; Weeds

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; PLANT;

EID: 0032817888     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1522:GPOPIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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