Testing the capacity of clothing to act as a vector for non-native seed in protected areas

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 168-179

  Mount, Ann ^a   Pickering, Catherine Marina ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine plants; Human mediated seed dispersal; Plant invasion; Protected area management; Weeds

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SPORTS;

ALPINE PLANT; HUMAN MEDIATED SEED DISPERSAL; LONG DISTANCE SEED DISPERSALS; NON-NATIVE; PLANT INVASION; PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREAS; SEED COMPOSITION; SEED DISPERSAL; WEED;

SEED;

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; INVASIVE SPECIES; ORDINATION; PROTECTED AREA; SAMPLING; SEED DISPERSAL; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WEED;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; NATIONAL PARK; NATIVE SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES INVASION; STUDENT T TEST; TAXON; WEED;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KOSCIUSZKO NATIONAL PARK; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 70350536346     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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