Predicting invasion dynamics of four alien Pinus species in a highly fragmented semi-arid shrubland in South Africa

Plant Ecology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-92

  Rouget, Mathieu ^a   Richardson, David M ^a   Milton, Sue J ^b   Polakow, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Disturbance; Environmental modelling; Pinus; Plant environment interactions; Recursive partitioning

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POPULATION MODELING; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUBLAND;

SOUTH AFRICA;

PINUS; PINUS CANARIENSIS; PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 0034996168     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011412427075     Document Type: Article

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