Invasiveness of conifers: Extent and possible mechanisms

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 615, Issue , 2003, Pages 375-380

  Rejmánek, Marcel ^a   Richardson, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Dispersal; Endangered species; Regeneration; Spread

Indexed keywords

EID: 49449090435     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.615.40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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