Impacts of invasive Australian acacias: Implications for management and restoration

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1015-1029

  Le Maitre, David C ^a   Gaertner, Mirijam ^b   Marchante, Elizabete ^c   Ens, Emilie Jane ^d   Holmes, Patricia M ^e   Pauchard, Aníbal ^f,g   O'Farrell, Patrick J ^a   Rogers, Andrew M ^b   Blanchard, Ryan ^a,b   Blignaut, James ^h   Richardson, David M ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Environmental Resource Management   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^g INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acacia; Biodiversity loss; Biological invasions; Degradation ecology; Ecosystem functions; Ecosystem services; Impact mechanisms; Invasive species; Seed banks; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEGUME; POPULATION REGULATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SOIL NUTRIENT;

CHILE; PORTUGAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA DEALBATA; ACACIA LONGIFOLIA; ACACIA SALIGNA;

EID: 79961144752     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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