Determinants of plant extinction and rarity 145 years after European settlement of Auckland, New Zealand

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3048-3061

  Duncan, R P ^a   Young, J R ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clonal spread; Dispersal ability; Exotic invasion; Extinction processes; Habitat destruction; Human settlement; New Zealand; Phylogenetic effects; Plant rarity; Population decline

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION RISK; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

AUCKLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 0033731157     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[3048:DOPEAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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