The role of land-use history in major invasions by woody plant species in the northeastern north american landscape

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2317-2328

  Mosher, Eric S ^a   Silander Jr , John A ^b   Latimer, Andrew M ^c  

^a CT River Coastal Conservation District   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural land use; Berberis thunbergii; Celastrus orbiculatus; Invasive species; Land use history; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; FRUIT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIALIST;

NORTH AMERICA;

BERBERIS; BERBERIS THUNBERGII; CELASTRUS; CELASTRUS ORBICULATUS;

EID: 70350741597     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9418-8     Document Type: Article

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