An untidy cover: Invasion of bracken fern in the shifting cultivation systems of southern yucatán, Mexico

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-48

  Schneider, Laura C ^a   Fernando, D Nelun ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Fires; Invasive plants; Land change science; Linear mixture model; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

FERN; FIRE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN;

PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 73649093398     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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