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BioDiversity
TABLE 17–2 The Plant Invaders
Region
Area (thousands of square kilometers)
Indigenous Species
Endemic Species
Naturalized Species
Type of Planta
Reference
Non-Mediterranean-Climate Islands
Seychelles
0.3
153
69
165
F
Proctor, 1984. Status of 130 species unknown
Faeroe Islands
1.4
370
0
30
F
Hansen and Johansen, 1982
New Zealand
268.0
1,996
1,618
500
V
Godley, 1975
Hawaiian Islands
16.7
ca. 1,250
ca. 1,180
600
F
Wagner et al., 1985; Smith, 1985
Mediterranean-Climate Regions
South Australia
984.4
2,380
NRb
654
F
Specht, 1972
California
411.0
5,046
1,517
674
V
Raven and Axelrod, 1978
Canary Islands
7.3
1,050
550
700
V
Kunkel, 1976
a
b
