Influence of settlement time, human population, park shape and age, visitation and roads on the number of alien plant species in protected areas in the USA

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 311-318

  McKinney, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien species; Biological invasions; National parks; Native species; Non indigenous species; Non native species; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036844362     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.2002.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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