Historic Mining and Agriculture as Indicators of Occurrence and Abundance of Widespread Invasive Plant Species

Kellen Calinger; Elisabeth Calhoon; Hsiao-chi Chang; James Whitacre; John Wenzel; Liza Comita; Simon Queenborough

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128161

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Historic Mining and Agriculture as Indicators of Occurrence and Abundance of Widespread Invasive Plant Species

Kellen Calinger ,

* E-mail: kcalinger@gmail.com

¶‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, 318 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210–1293, United States of America
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Elisabeth Calhoon ,

¶‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, 318 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210–1293, United States of America
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Hsiao-chi Chang,

Affiliation Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, 318 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210–1293, United States of America
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James Whitacre,

Affiliations Powdermill Nature Reserve, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 1847 Route 381, Rector, Pennsylvania 15677, United States of America, University Library, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States of America
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John Wenzel,

Affiliation Powdermill Nature Reserve, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 1847 Route 381, Rector, Pennsylvania 15677, United States of America
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Liza Comita,

Current address: School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, 318 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210–1293, United States of America, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Box 0843–03092, Balboa, Ancón, Panama
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Simon Queenborough

Current address: School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, 318 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210–1293, United States of America
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Historic Mining and Agriculture as Indicators of Occurrence and Abundance of Widespread Invasive Plant Species

Kellen Calinger,
Elisabeth Calhoon,
Hsiao-chi Chang,
James Whitacre,
John Wenzel,
Liza Comita,
Simon Queenborough

Published: June 5, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128161

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