Long-distance dispersal of plants by vehicles as a driver of plant invasions

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 986-996

  Von Der Lippe, Moritz ^a   Kowarik, Ingo ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Long distance plant dispersal; Plant invasions; Roadside flora; Seed rain; Vehicle plant dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSPORT VEHICLE;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GERMANY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PLANT; PLANT SEED;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; GERMANY; MOTOR VEHICLES; PLANTS; SEEDS;

BERLIN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 34447518821     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00722.x     Document Type: Article

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