Relative roles of disturbance and propagule pressure on the invasion of humid tropical forest by Cordia alliodora (Boraginaceae) in Tanzania

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-178

  Edward, Ezekiel ^a   Munishi, Pantaleo K T ^a   Hulme, Philip E ^b  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alien; Dispersal; East Africa; Exotic; Naturalization; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATURALIZATION; PLANTATION; PROPAGULE; REGENERATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

BORAGINACEAE; CORDIA; CORDIA ALLIODORA;

EID: 61549083646     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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