Multiple mechanisms underlie rapid expansion of an invasive alien plant

New Phytologist

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 828-839

  Wang, Rui ^a,b   Wang, Jin Feng ^c   Qiu, Zhi Jing ^b   Meng, Bin ^d   Wan, Fang Hao ^a   Wang, Yin Zheng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d BEIJING UNION UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ageratina adenophora; Hengduan Mountains; Multiple mechanisms; Rapid invasion; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PROPAGULE; RANGE EXPANSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; VALLEY;

AGERATINA; ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

AGERATINA; CHINA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

AGERATINA; AGERATINA ADENOPHORA;

EID: 79960560734     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03720.x     Document Type: Article

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