Prosopis: A global assessment of the biogeography, benefits, impacts and management of one of the world's worst woody invasive plant taxa

AoB PLANTS

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Shackleton, Ross T ^a   Le Maitre, David C ^a,b   Pasiecznik, Nick M ^c   Richardson, David M ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c Agroforestry Enterprises   (France)

Author keywords

Classification and regression tree; Distribution; Global review; Impacts; Logistic regression; Management; Mesquite; Tree invasions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905273625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plu027     Document Type: Review

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