Predicting Acacia invasive success in South Africa on the basis of functional traits, native climatic niche and human use

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2729-2743

  Castro Diez P ^a   Langendoen, T ^a,b   Poorter, L ^b   Saldana Lopez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abundance; Australian acacia; Climatic amplitude; Exotic range; Generalised linear models; Human use; Plant functional traits; Residence time

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLOWERING; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF AREA; MITIGATION; NATIVE SPECIES; NICHE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE TIME;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ACACIA; AVES;

EID: 80054021228     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0101-5     Document Type: Article

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