Expanding the conceptual frameworks of plant invasion ecology

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-100

  Foxcroft, Llewellyn C ^a,b   Pickett, Steward T A ^c   Cadenasso, Mary L ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual model; Habitat susceptibility; Non native species; Opuntia stricta; Propagule pressure; Species traits

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CACTUS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT QUALITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIBILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROPAGULE;

OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA STRICTA;

EID: 79955603418     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2011.03.004     Document Type: Review

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