Protected-Area Boundaries as Filters of Plant Invasions;Límites de Áreas Protegidas como Filtros para la Invasión de Plantas

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 400-405

  Foxcroft, Llewellyn C ^a,b   Jarošík, Vojtěch ^c,d   Pyšek, Petr ^c,d   Richardson, David M ^b   Rouget, Mathieu ^e  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Barriers to invasion; Kruger national park; Non native invasive species; Overland water flow; Protected area boundary

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COLONIZATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE; OVERLAND FLOW; PROTECTED AREA; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER FLOW;

BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79952715967     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01617.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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