Drivers of plant invasion vary globally: evidence from pine invasions within six ecoregions
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Land Resources and Environmental Sciences Department, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Chile, Grupo de Ecología de Invasiones, INIBIOMA, CONICET, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Quintral 1250, San Carlos de Bariloche CP 8400, Argentina, Landcare Research, PO Box 69040, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand ABSTRACT
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