Invasiveness Ranking System for Non-native Plants of Alaska

Invasiveness Ranking System for Non-native Plants of Alaska
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Total Pages: 220
Release: 2008
Genre: Alien plants
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Describes a ranking system used to evaluate the potential invasiveness and impacts of 113 non-native plants to natural areas in Alaska. Species are ranked by a series of questions in four broad categories: ecosystem impacts, biological attributes, distribution, and control measures. Also included is a climate screening procedure to evaluate the potential for establishment in three ecogeographic regions of Alaska [Juneau, Fairbanks, Nome].