Fruit type, life form and origin determine the success of woody plant invaders in an urban landscape

Biological Invasions

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 465-475

  Aronson, Myla F J ^a   Handel, Steven N ^a   Clemants, Steven E ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brooklyn Botanical Garden   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien plants; Biological characters; Dispersal; Invasive species; Life history; New York metropolitan area; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DISPERSAL; FRUIT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; ORIGIN OF LIFE; POLLINATOR; POPULATION DECLINE; RANGE EXPANSION; SHRUB; URBAN AREA; WOODY PLANT;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248371979     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-006-9053-1     Document Type: Article

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