Non-native plant invasion in relation to tourism use of aconcagua park, Argentina, the highest protected area in the southern hemisphere

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-26

  Barros, Agustina ^a   Pickering, Catherine Marina ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alien plants; Alpine vegetation; Andes; Human disturbance; Tourism; Weeds

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; FECES; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOUNTAIN; PLANT; PROTECTED AREA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOURISM; TRAMPLING; VEGETATION; WEED;

ACONCAGUA; ANDES; ARGENTINA;

EID: 84895827035     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-13-00054.1     Document Type: Article

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