Biological invasions by exotic grasses, the grass/fire cycle, and global change

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 63-87

  D'Antonio, Carla M ^a   Vitousek, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien species; Competitive effects; Ecosystem processes; Grass fueled fires; Land use change

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FIRE; INTRODUCED GRASS;

EID: 0027011403     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.es.23.110192.000431     Document Type: Article

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