Challenging the view that invasive non-native plants are not a significant threat to the floristic diversity of Great Britain

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 23, 2015, Pages E2988-E2989

  Hulme, Philip E ^a   Pauchard, Aníbal ^b,c   Pyšek, Petr ^d,e,f   Vilàg, Montserrat ^g   Alba, Christina ^d   Blackburn, Tim M ^h   Bullock, James M ⁱ   Chytrý, Milan ^j   Dawson, Wayne ^k   Dunn, Alison M ^l   Essl, Franz ^m   Genovesi, Piero ⁿ   Maskell, Lindsay C ^o   Meyerson, Laura A ^p   Nuñez, Martin A ^q   Pergl, Jan ^d   Pescott, Oliver L ^i,r   Pocock, Michael J O ^i,r   Richardson, David M ^f   Roy, Helen E ^i,r   Smart, Simon M ^o   Štajerová, Kateřina ^d,e   Stohlgren, Thomas ^s   Van Kleunen, Mark ^k   Winter, Marten ^t   more..

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^g DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^j MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^k UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

ⁿ INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^o LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^q UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^r Biological Records Centre   (United Kingdom)

^s Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^t GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; KHOIKHOI; LETTER; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODODENDRON; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANTS;

EID: 84931281825     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506517112     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

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2. Thomas CD, Palmer G (2015) Non-native plants add to the British flora without negative consequences for native diversity. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 112(14):4387-4392.
3. Roy HE, et al. (2012) Non-Native Species in Great Britain: Establishment, Detection and Reporting to Inform Effective Decision Making (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, London).
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