David M. Richardson

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We developed a framework to assess the risk that alien plants in watersheds adjacent to a protected area will invade the protected area along rivers.

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Human land uses surrounding protected areas provide propagules for colonization of these areas by non-native species, and corridors between protected-area networks and drainage systems of rivers provide pathways for long-distance dispersal of non-native species.

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