Functional roles of invasive non-indigenous plants in Hurricane-affected subtropical hardwood forests

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 947-974

  Horvitz, Carol C ^a   Pascarella, John B ^a   McMann, Stephen ^a   Freedman, Andrea ^a   Hofstetter, Ronald H ^a  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Comparisons; Exotic plants in forest communities; Florida (USA); Forest regeneration functional groups; Hurricane Andrew; Invasive functional groups; Native vs. non indigenous; Non indigenous plants; Regeneration sources; Seed bank; Seed rain vs. advance regeneration; Subtropical forest regeneration; Subtropical hardwood hammocks; Vertical forest strata; Vine cover

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HURRICANE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031734851     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0947:FROINI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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