What do we really know about alien plant invasion? A review of the invasion mechanism of one of the world’s worst weeds

Planta

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 39-57

  Bajwa, Ali Ahsan ^a   Chauhan, Bhagirath Singh ^a   Farooq, Muhammad ^b,c,d   Shabbir, Asad ^e   Adkins, Steve William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Climate change; Ecology; Parthenium hysterophorus L; Weed management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ASIA; ASTERACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WEED;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ASIA; ASTERACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT WEEDS;

EID: 84964043475     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-016-2510-x     Document Type: Review

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