Predicting rates and patterns of alien plant spread

The invasion of alien plants into natural ecosystems is a widespread phenomenon that impacts negatively on ecosystem structure and functioning. The invasion and subsequent spread of an alien plant population is equivalent to the processes of colonisation and migration. This implies that the existing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Higgins, Steven Ian
Other Authors: Richardson, Dave
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23675