Revisiting Darwin's naturalization conundrum: Explaining invasion success of non-native trees and shrubs in southern Africa

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 871-879

  Bezeng, Simeon Bezeng ^a   Davies, Jonathan T ^a,b   Yessoufou, Kowiyou ^c   Maurin, Olivier ^a   Van der Bank, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Darwin's naturalization hypothesis; Dispersal; Invasion ecology; Phenology; Pollination syndrome; Sexual system

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATURAL SELECTION; NATURALIZATION; PHENOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLINATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SHRUB;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84931572917     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12410     Document Type: Article

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