A standardized set of metrics to assess and monitor tree invasions

Biological Invasions

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 535-551

  Wilson, John R U ^a,b   Caplat, Paul ^c   Dickie, Ian A ^d,e   Hui, Cang ^b   Maxwell, Bruce D ^f   Nuñez, Martin A ^g   Pauchard, Aníbal ^h   Rejmánek, Marcel ⁱ   Richardson, David M ^b   Robertson, Mark P ^j   Spear, Dian ^a,b   Webber, Bruce L ^k,l   van Wilgen, Brian W ^b,m   Zenni, Rafael D ⁿ  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^f MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^k CSIRO   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^m DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity assessments; Biological invasions; Distribution; Impact; Invasive alien species; Management; Non native

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895125810     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0605-x     Document Type: Article

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