Impact of the introduced grass Agrostis stolonifera on vegetation and soil fauna communities at Marion Island, sub-Antarctic

Biological Conservation

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-231

  Gremmen, N J M ^a,d   Chown, S L ^b   Marshall, D J ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d Bureau Data Analyse Ecologie   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conservation; Introduced plants; Soil fauna; Species richness; Sub Antarctic

Indexed keywords

AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA;

EID: 0032171480     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00178-X     Document Type: Article

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