Invasive alien plant species in China: Regional distribution patterns

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-347

  Liu, Jian ^a,b   Liang, Shi Chu ^a   Liu, Feng Hong ^a   Wang, Ren Qing ^b   Dong, Ming ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; China; Invasibility; Regional distribution patterns

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVASIBILITY; PLANT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 22544483254     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2005.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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