Why research on traits of invasive plants tells us very little.

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Trends in Ecology & Evolution

• Publication date

  2011-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Geography, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.tree.2011.01.007PMID 21334760
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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