Invasiveness, invasibility and the role of environmental stress in the spread of non-native plants

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-66

  Alpert, Peter ^a   Bone, Elizabeth ^a   Holzapfel, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental stress; Habitat invasibility; Invasive plant species; Nonnative; Resource availability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITAT TYPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

EID: 0034043339     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1433-8319-00004     Document Type: Article

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