Taxonomic bias and lack of cross-taxonomic studies in invasion biology

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 349-350

  Jeschke, Jonathan M ^a,b,c   Aparicio, Lorena Gómez ^d   Haider, Sylvia ^a   Heger, Tina ^a,e   Lortie, Christopher J ^f   Pyšek, Petr ^g,h   Strayer, David L ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^h CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 84865692348     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12.WB.016     Document Type: Letter

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