Global Climate Niche Estimates for Bioenergy Crops and Invasive Species of Agronomic Origin: Potential Problems and Opportunities

Jacob N. Barney; Joseph M. DiTomaso

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017222

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Global Climate Niche Estimates for Bioenergy Crops and Invasive Species of Agronomic Origin: Potential Problems and Opportunities

Jacob N. Barney ,

* E-mail: jnbarney@vt.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Joseph M. DiTomaso

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Global Climate Niche Estimates for Bioenergy Crops and Invasive Species of Agronomic Origin: Potential Problems and Opportunities

Jacob N. Barney,
Joseph M. DiTomaso

Published: March 9, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017222

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Reference 14 not just about WRA

Posted by cbuddenhagen on 10 Mar 2011 at 23:17 GMT

Although the authors emphasize the use of the Australian WRA in our article, the widespread risk of invasiveness is just as easily demonstrated by the record of invasiveness somewhere in the world, and supports their argument for widespread climate tolerance for many of the species they discuss.

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Reference 14 not just about WRA

Posted by cbuddenhagen on 10 Mar 2011 at 23:17 GMT