What determines pine naturalization: Species traits, climate suitability or forestry use?

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1013-1023

  Mcgregor, Kirsty F ^b   Watt, Michael S ^a   Hulme, Philip E ^a   Duncan, Richard P ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alien species; Biological invasions; Climate match; Forestry; Pinus; Propagule pressure; Traits; Weeds

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONIFEROUS TREE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATURALIZATION; PROPAGULE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEED;

NEW ZEALAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84865862848     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00942.x     Document Type: Article

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