Macroecology meets invasion ecology: Linking the native distributions of Australian acacias to invasiveness

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 872-883

  Hui, Cang ^a   Richardson, David M ^a   Robertson, Mark P ^b   Wilson, John R U ^a,c   Yates, Colin J ^d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Invasive species; Native geographical range; Spatial scales; Species range size distribution; Wattles

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVENESS; LEGUME; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MACROECOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; NATURALIZATION; RANGE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPLANTATION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA;

EID: 79961151127     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00804.x     Document Type: Article

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