Estimating human-mediated dispersal of seeds within an Australian protected area

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1869-1880

  Pickering, Catherine Marina ^a   Mount, Ann ^a   Wichmann, Matthias C ^b   Bullock, James M ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human mediated dispersal; Invasions; Long distance dispersal; Non native species; Recreation ecology; Weeds

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROBABILITY; PROTECTED AREA; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SEED DISPERSAL; WEED;

AUSTRALIA; KOSCIUSZKO NATIONAL PARK; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ACAENA; ANTHOXANTHUM; ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FESTUCA RUBRA; RUMEX; RUMEX ACETOSELLA;

EID: 79960068871     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0006-y     Document Type: Article

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