Macroecology meets invasion ecology: Performance of Australian acacias and eucalypts around the world revealed by features of their native ranges

Biological Invasions

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 565-576

  Hui, Cang ^a   Richardson, David M ^a   Visser, Vernon ^a   Wilson, John R U ^a,b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acacia; Alpha hull; Angophora; Area of occupancy; Biological invasions; Corymbia; Establishment success; Eucalypts; Eucalyptus; Invasiveness; Naturalization success; Tree invasions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895185947     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0599-4     Document Type: Article

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