Invasion trajectory of alien trees: The role of introduction pathway and planting history

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1527-1537

  Donaldson, Jason E ^a   Hui, Cang ^a   Richardson, David M ^a   Robertson, Mark P ^b   Webber, Bruce L ^c,d   Wilson, John R U ^a,e  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acacia; Biological invasions; Intrinsic species traits; Introduction pathways; Invasive distributions; Niche shift

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NICHE; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ACACIA;

ACACIA; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISPERSAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ACACIA; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISPERSAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84898485461     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12486     Document Type: Article

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