Distribution models of invasive plants over-estimate potential impact

Biological Invasions

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1417-1429

  Bradley, Bethany A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage niche; Ecological niche model; Herbarium records; Impact niche; Invasion risk; Mahalanobis distance; MAXENT; Species distribution model

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HERBARIUM; INVASIVE SPECIES; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879147996     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0380-0     Document Type: Article

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