Community structure and forest invasion by an exotic herb over 23 years

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2071-2081

  Wiser, Susan K ^a   Allen, Robert B ^a   Clinton, Peter W ^b   Platt, Kevin H ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community structure; Disturbance; Exotic species; Forest invasion; Hieracium lepidulum; New Zealand beech forest; Nothofagus solandri; Permanent plots; Soil fertility; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST;

NEW ZEALAND;

HIERACIUM LEPIDULUM; NOTHOFAGUS SOLANDRI;

EID: 0031659165     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2071:CSAFIB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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