Comparative habitat susceptibility to invasion by Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis: Oleaceae) in a tropical Andean landscape

Biological Invasions

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 405-415

  García Robledo, Carlos A ^a   Murcia, Carolina ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Fraxinus chinensis; Invasive plants; Landscape invasion; Seed germination; Seedling survivorship; Tropical cloud forest

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIBILITY; PLANATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANDES; COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS CHINENSIS; OLEACEAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 18844386759     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-004-2576-4     Document Type: Article

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