Different Traits Determine Introduction, Naturalization and Invasion Success In Woody Plants: Proteaceae as a Test Case

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Moodley, Desika ^a,b   Geerts, Sjirk ^a,b   Richardson, David M ^a   Wilson, John R U ^a,b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPHTHORA; PINE; PLANT DISPERSAL; PLANT HEIGHT; PROBABILITY; PROTEACEAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOT ROT; SEED WEIGHT; SPECIES INTRODUCTION; SPECIES INVASION; SPROUTING; WOODY PLANT;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT DISEASES; PROTEACEAE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884560064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075078     Document Type: Article

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