Impact of the invasive rust Puccinia psidii (myrtle rust) on native Myrtaceae in natural ecosystems in Australia

Biological Invasions

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 127-144

  Carnegie, Angus J ^a,e   Kathuria, Amrit ^a   Pegg, Geoff S ^b,e   Entwistle, Peter ^c   Nagel, Matthew ^a   Giblin, Fiona R ^d,e  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c North East Agricultural Services ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^e PLANT BIOSECURITY COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecological impacts; Environmental change; Environmental monitoring; Eucalyptus rust; Extinction risk; Guava rust; Invasive fungi

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTINCTION RISK; RUST DISEASE;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUGENIA KOOLAUENSIS; FUNGI; MYRTACEAE; PIMENTA DIOICA; PSIDIUM; PUCCINIA PSIDII; RHODAMNIA RUBESCENS; RHODOMYRTUS;

EID: 84954376265     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: 15731464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-015-0996-y     Document Type: Article

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