Bias and error in understanding plant invasion impacts

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 212-218

  Hulme, Philip E ^a   Pyšek, Petr ^a,b,c   Jarošík, Vojtěch ^a,b,c   Pergl, Jan ^b,d   Schaffner, Urs ^e   Vilà, Montserrat ^f  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e CABI   (Switzerland)

^f DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological invasions; Ecosystem processes; Functional traits; Weeds

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT DISPERSAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT DISPERSAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84875543827     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2012.10.010     Document Type: Review

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