Potential ecological distribution of alien invasive species and risk assessment: A case study of buffel grass in arid regions of Mexico

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1504-1514

  Arriaga, Laura ^a,c   Castellanos V, Alejandro E ^b   Moreno, Elizabeth ^a   Alarcón, Jesús ^a  

^a Comn Nac el Conocimiento Y Uso B ^*  (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arid vegetation; Biological invasions; Cenchrus ciliaris; Invasive species; Modeling; Northern Mexico; Potential distribution; Specimen records

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SONORA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; PROSOPIS;

EID: 10644243698     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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