Predicting invasive potential of smooth crotalaria (Crotalaria pallida) in Brazilian national parks based on African records

Weed Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 458-463

  Fonseca, Rafael Luís ^a,b   Guimarães Jr , Paulo Roberto ^c,d   Rodrigues Morbiolo, Sérgio ^d   Scachetti Pereira, Ricardo ^e   Peterson, A Townsend ^e  

^a SAUS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien species; Conservation policies; Conservation units; Ecological niche models; Geographic distribution

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEGUME; NATIONAL PARK; NICHE BREADTH; PROTECTED AREA; WEED;

AFRICA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA PALLIDA;

EID: 33750286621     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-05-059R4.1     Document Type: Article

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