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. 2015 Jun 9;112(23):E2988-9.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1506517112. Epub 2015 Jun 1.

Challenging the view that invasive non-native plants are not a significant threat to the floristic diversity of Great Britain

Philip E Hulme  1 , Aníbal Pauchard  2 , Petr Pyšek  3 , Montserrat Vilà  4 , Christina Alba  5 , Tim M Blackburn  6 , James M Bullock  7 , Milan Chytrý  8 , Wayne Dawson  9 , Alison M Dunn  10 , Franz Essl  11 , Piero Genovesi  12 , Lindsay C Maskell  13 , Laura A Meyerson  14 , Martin A Nuñez  15 , Jan Pergl  5 , Oliver L Pescott  16 , Michael J O Pocock  16 , David M Richardson  17 , Helen E Roy  16 , Simon M Smart  13 , Kateřina Štajerová  18 , Thomas Stohlgren  19 , Mark van Kleunen  9 , Marten Winter  20
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Challenging the view that invasive non-native plants are not a significant threat to the floristic diversity of Great Britain

Philip E Hulme et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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