The distribution of an invasive plant in a fragile ecosystem: The rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora) in oases of the Baja California peninsula

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3389-3393

  Rodríguez Estrella, Ricardo ^a,b   Navarro, José Juan Pérez ^a   Granados, Bruno ^a   Rivera, Laura ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baja California Sur; Cryptostegia grandiflora; Exotics; M xico; Oasis; Rubber vine

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIRD; CANYON; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; OASIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPTILE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VINE; WEED;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

AVES; CRYPTOSTEGIA GRANDIFLORA; CRYPTOSTEGIA MADAGASCARIENSIS; INVERTEBRATA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956871808     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9758-z     Document Type: Article

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