Global thermal niche models of two European grasses show high invasion risks in Antarctica

Global Change Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 2863-2873

  Pertierra, Luis R ^a   Aragón, Pedro ^b   Shaw, Justine D ^c,d   Bergstrom, Dana M ^c   Terauds, Aleks ^c   Olalla Tárraga, Miguel Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

biosecurity protocols; non native species management; nonanalogous climate; Poaceae; species distribution models

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NICHE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; EURASIA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

POA ANNUA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE;

ANTARCTICA; ECOLOGY; FORECASTING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POACEAE; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ECOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POACEAE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85010549535     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13596     Document Type: Article

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