Naturalization and invasion of alien plants: concepts and definitions
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...Species that can overcome these dispersal and environmental barriers become invasive (sensu Richardson et al. 2000)....
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...They can also indirectly affect native plants and change ecosystems by altering soil stability; promoting erosion; colonizing open substrates; affecting the accumulation of litter, salt, or other soil resources; and promoting or suppressing fire (Vitousek 1990, Richardson et al. 2000)....
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...The second phase of the cycle is the introduction of propagules into a new region, which requires the invader species to overcome significant geographical barriers to dispersal (Richardson et al. 2000)....
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...There are certainly many opportunities for integrating insights from invasion ecology with those from research on local vegetation dynamics (Rejmánek, 1989; Vitousek, 1990; Richardson & Bond, 1991; Davis et al., 2000)....
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...One reason for the complicated classification schemes used in Central Europe may be the strong ‘classificatory’ tradition in this part of the world (see, e.g. Mayr, 1982; Jahn, 1998)....
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