Resolving whether botanic gardens are on the road to conservation or a pathway for plant invasions

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 816-824

  Hulme, Philip E ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alien; Biological invasions; Exotic; Naturalization; Ornamental; Plant conservation; Propagule pressure; Red list; Risk assessment; Weeds

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; GARDEN; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; RED LIST;

ASIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOTANY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GARDENING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT DISPERSAL; PROCEDURES;

BOTANY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GARDENING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT DISPERSAL;

EID: 84929259296     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12426     Document Type: Article

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