Patterns of alien plant distribution at multiple spatial scales in a large national park: Implications for ecology, management and monitoring

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 367-378

  Foxcroft, Llewellyn C ^a,b,c,e   Richardson, David M ^b   Rouget, Mathieu ^d   MacFadyen, Sandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e Conservation Services ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alien plant distribution; Biological invasions; Conservation; Exotic plants; Kruger National Park; Management; Monitoring; Non native species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONITORING; NATIONAL PARK; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATERSHED;

AFRICA; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 64649092131     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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