Invasive Plants

Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2008, Pages 2011-2020

  Pysek P ^a   Richardson, D M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alien species; Community invasibility; Control; Disturbance; Exotic species; Geographical pattern; Habitat compatibility; Impact; Long distance dispersal; Mutualism; Naturalization; Plant invasions; Rate of spread; Residence time; Species invasiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069589262     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00083-5     Document Type: Chapter

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