Species richness of alien plants in South Africa: Environmental correlates and the relationship with indigenous plant species richness

Ecoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 391-402

  Richardson, David M ^a,b   Rouget, Mathieu ^c   Ralston, Samantha J ^a,d   Cowling, Richard M ^e   van Rensburg, Berndt J ^f   Thuiller, Wilfried ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa   (South Africa)

^e NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Determinants of species richness; Exotic species; Plant invasions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 26944443441     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/i1195-6860-12-3-391.1     Document Type: Article

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