Exotic plant invasion in the highly degraded upland landscape of Hong Kong, China

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 191-202

  Leung, Grace P C ^a   Hau, Billy C H ^a   Corlett, Richard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alien plants; Invasive species; Roadside; Stream; Syzygium jambos; Tropical Asia

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CATTLE; DICOTYLEDON; FERAL ORGANISM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; UPLAND REGION; VEGETATION TYPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

BOS; SYZYGIUM JAMBOS;

EID: 58349087395     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9466-5     Document Type: Article

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