Successful invasion of the neotropical species piper aduncum in rain forests in papua new guinea

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 255-262

  Lepš, Jan ^a   Novovotný, Vojtěch ^a   Čížek, Lukaš ^a   Molem, Kenneth ^b   Isua, Brus ^b   Boen, William ^b   Kutil, Richard ^b   Auga, John ^b   Kasbal, Martin ^b   Manumbor, Markus ^b   Hiuk, Samuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b Parataxonomist Training Center   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Alien species; Biological invasion; Disturbance; Rain forest succession; Swidden agriculture

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA; PIPER ADUNCUM; PIPERACEAE;

EID: 0036990110     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2002.tb00555.x     Document Type: Article

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