Persistence and spread in a new landscape: Dispersal ecology and genetics of Miconia invasions in Australia

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 657-665

  Hardesty, Britta Denise ^a   Metcalfe, Suzanne S ^a   Westcott, David A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effective dispersal; Genetic diversity; Invasion; Melastomataceae; Miconia; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FRUGIVORY; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; RAINFOREST; REINTRODUCTION; SEED DISPERSAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

AUSTRALIA;

MELASTOMATACEAE; MICONIA; MICONIA CALVESCENS; MICONIA RACEMOSA;

EID: 80955144443     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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