Predicting plant invaders in the Mediterranean through a weed risk assessment system

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 463-476

  Gassó, Núria ^a   Basnou, Corina ^a   Vilà, Montserrat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alien plants; Casual plants; Mediterranean region; Species traits; Weed risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; THRESHOLD; WEED;

AUSTRALIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 77952887521     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9451-2     Document Type: Article

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