Human population density explains alien species richness in protected areas

Biological Conservation

Volumn 159, Issue , 2013, Pages 137-147

  Spear, Dian ^a   Foxcroft, Llewellyn C ^b   Bezuidenhout, Hugo ^b,c   McGeoch, Melodie A ^a,d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alien mammals; Alien plants; Biological invasions; Extralimital species; Non native species; Protected area management

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATIONAL PARK; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NDVI; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION REGULATION; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84872714391     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.11.022     Document Type: Article

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