Plant Invasions in China - Challenges and Chances

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Axmacher, Jan C ^a   Sang, Weiguo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HORTICULTURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVASION;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84877728753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064173     Document Type: Article

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