Factors affecting the establishment of Cytisus scoparius in southern France: Implications for managing both native and exotic populations

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 582-595

  Paynter, Quentin ^a   Fowler, Simon V ^b,d   Memmott, Jane ^c,e   Sheppard, Andrew W ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CABI   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological control of weeds; Competition; Disturbance; Plant population dynamics; Seed bank

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FRANCE;

GERMINATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SEED BANK; SURVIVAL; WEED;

(SOUTH); FRANCE;

CYTISUS SCOPARIUS;

EID: 0032418477     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.3540582.x     Document Type: Article

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