Climate change and the potential distribution of an invasive alien plant: Acacia nilotica ssp. indica in Australia

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-124

  Kriticos, D J ^a,c   Sutherst, R W ^a   Brown, J R ^b   Adkins, S W ^c   Maywald, G F ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; CLIMEX; Global change; Modelling

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; RANGE EXPANSION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA NILOTICA;

EID: 0037325232     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2003.00777.x     Document Type: Article

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