Rare species and aliens: reconsidering non-native plants in the management of natural areas

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue , 2017, Pages S164-S169

  Dunwiddie, Peter W ^a,b   Rogers, Deborah L ^c,d  

^a Center for Natural Lands Management   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Center for Natural Lands Management   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

assisted colonization; climate change; conservation value; exotic species; invasions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLONIZATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATURE CONSERVATION; PLANT; RARE SPECIES;

DIPODOMYS INGENS; EMPIDONAX TRAILLII; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84995477425     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12437     Document Type: Article

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