Developing an approach to defining the potential distributions of invasive plant species: A case study of Hakea species in South Africa

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 569-584

  Le Maitre, David C ^a   Thuiller, Wilfried ^b   Schonegevel, Lucille ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

False absence; Hakea; Limiting factors; Potential distribution; Presence; Proteaceae; Pseudo absence; South Africa; Species distribution models; True absence

Indexed keywords

INVASIVE SPECIES; MODELING; PLANT;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HAKEA; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 49449086967     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2008.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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