What is in a name? That which we call cecropia peltata by any other name would be as invasive?

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 289-293

  Webber, Bruce L ^a   Born, Céline ^b   Conn, Barry J ^c   Hadiah, Julisasi T ^d   Zalamea, Paul Camilo ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

^d Kebun Raya Bogor   (Indonesia)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cecropia; Funding; Introduction history; Invasion dynamics; Invasive alien species; Management; Research; South East Asia; Species identification; Taxonomic confusion

Indexed keywords

CECROPIA; CECROPIA PELTATA;

EID: 84856153767     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2011.610372     Document Type: Article

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