Assessing spatio-temporal rates, patterns and determinants of biological invasions in forest ecosystems. The case of Acacia species in NW Spain

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 329, Issue , 2014, Pages 206-213

  Hernández, Laura ^a,b   Martínez Fernández, Jesús ^a   Cañellas, Isabel ^a,c   de la Cueva, Antonio Vázquez ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Universidad de Valladolid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acacia dealbata; Acacia melanoxylon; Invasibility; Invasive species dynamics; National Forest Inventories; Spread factors

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SURVEYS;

ACACIA DEALBATA; ACACIA MELANOXYLON; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIES; SPREAD FACTORS;

REFORESTATION;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEGUME; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SPAIN;

EID: 84904324312     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.05.058     Document Type: Article

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