Domestic exotics and the perception of invasibility

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1034-1039

  Guo, Qinfeng ^a   Ricklefs, Robert E ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Area; Biological invasions; Definition of exotic; Degree of invasion (DI); Diversity; Homogenization; Islands; Population; Scale dependency

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BORDER REGION; CONTINENTAL INTERIOR; HERBARIUM; HOMOGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; LAND USE; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; SCALE EFFECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958582908     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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