New methodologies for analyzing and predicting alien plant invasions from species and ecosystem traits

Weed Technology

Volumn 18, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 1, 2004, Pages 1240-1245

  Nijs, Ivan ^a,b   Milbau, Ann ^a,b   Seidlova, Linda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Invasibility; Invasion success; Invasiveness; Synthetic ecosystems

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744765492     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/0890-037X(2004)018[1240:NMFAAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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