Conifers as invasive aliens: A global survey and predictive framework

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 10, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 321-331

  Richardson, David M ^a   Rejmánek, Marcel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Dispersal; Endangered species; Exotic species; Invasion ecology; Invasive conifers; Naturalized; Regeneration; Tree invasions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIBILITY; NATIVE SPECIES;

ABIES; ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIA ARAUCANA; CHAMAECYPARIS; CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIFEROPSIDA; CRYPTOMERIA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; CUPRESSACEAE; CYCADOPSIDA; GINKGOOPSIDA; GNETOPSIDA; GYMNOSPERMAE; JAPONICA; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PARAGNETINA; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PINACEAE; PINUS BANKSIANA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS PINEA; PINUS STROBUS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; STROBUS; TAXUS BACCATA; TSUGA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4644236651     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2004.00096.x     Document Type: Review

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