Trees and shrubs as invasive alien species - a global review

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 788-809

  Richardson, David M ^a   Rejmánek, Marcel ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Dispersal modes; Invasive species; Management; Natural experiment; Reasons for introduction; Shrub invasions; Tree invasions

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DATABASE; DISPERSAL; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION REGULATION; SPECIES INVENTORY; WOODY PLANT;

AVES;

EID: 79961133335     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00782.x     Document Type: Review

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