Native and naturalized range size in Pinus: Relative importance of biogeography, introduction effort and species traits

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 513-523

  Procheş, Şerban ^a   Wilson, John R U ^b,c   Richardson, David M ^c   Rejmánek, Marcel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Exotic species; Global patterns; Indigenous range; Invasive species; Naturalization; Naturalized range; Pine trees; Propagule pressure; Tree invasions

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; EVOLUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROECOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURALIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROPAGULE; RANGE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREE;

EID: 84859423163     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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