Ecological application of 'herbchronology': Comparative stand age structure analyses of the invasive plant Bunias orientalis L.

Annals of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 471-480

  Dietz, Hansjörg ^a   Ullmann, Isolde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Age determination; Annual growth increments; Annual rings; Bunias orientalis; Herbaceous perennials; Plant size; Rumex crispus

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; STAND STRUCTURE; VASCULAR PLANT;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; WURZBURG;

BUNIAS ORIENTALIS; RUMEX CRISPUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0031705596     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0706     Document Type: Article

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