Rhododendron ponticum in Britain and Ireland: Social, economic and ecological factors in its successful invasion

Environment and History

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-350

  Dehnen Schmutz, Katharina ^a   Williamson, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Britain and Ireland; History; Plant prices; Rhododendron ponticum

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; HYBRIDIZATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PLANT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON PONTICUM;

EID: 33748494917     PISSN: 09673407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096734006778226355     Document Type: Article

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