A phylogenetic approach towards understanding the drivers of plant invasiveness on Robben Island, South Africa

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 142-152

  Bezeng, Bezeng S ^a   Savolainen, Vincent ^b,c   Yessoufou, Kowiyou ^a   Papadopulos, Alexander S T ^b   Maurin, Olivier ^a   van der Bank, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Darwin's naturalization hypothesis; Invasion; Phylogenetic nearest neighbour distance

Indexed keywords

DNA; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ROBBEN ISLAND; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84878109559     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boj.12030     Document Type: Article

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