Plant invasion patches - Reconstructing pattern and process by means of herb-chronology

Biological Invasions

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-222

  Dietz, Hansjörg ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Age determination; Annual rings; Dispersal; Herb chronology; Herbaceous perennials; Invasive plants; Spatio temporal invasion pattern

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISPERSAL; HERB; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036442933     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020971509871     Document Type: Article

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