Plant invasions — the role of mutualisms

Biological Reviews

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-93

  Richardson, David M ^a   Allsopp, Nicky ^b   D’antonio, Carla M ^c   Milton, Suzanne J ^a   Rejmánek, Marcel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Global change; Invasibility; Mycorrhiza; Nitrogen fixation; Pollination; Prediction; Risk assessment; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; FUNGUS; LEGUME; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CACATUIDAE; FICUS; FRANKIA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MICROBIOTA; ORCHIDACEAE; PINUS; RHIZOBIUM; SPERMATOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034011761     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.1999.tb00041.x     Document Type: Article

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