Phenological shifts of the alien colonizer Bunias orientalis: Image-based analysis of temporal niche separation

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 839-846

  Dietz, Hansjörg ^a   Ullmann, Isolde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Above ground competition; Herbaceous vegetation; Neophyte; Stand persistence; Temporal pattern

Indexed keywords

COLONIZING PLANT; GROWTH; NICHE SEPARATION; PHENOLOGY;

BRASSICACEAE; BUNIAS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 0031425868     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237028     Document Type: Article

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