Factors predisposing short-tussock grasslands to hieracium invasion in Marlborough, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-140

  Rose, A B ^a   Basher, L R ^a   Wiser, S K ^a   Platt, K H ^a   Lynn, I H ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Degradation; Determinants of invasion; Generalised additive models; Grazing; Invasibility; Multivariate analysis; Plant invasion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; WEED;

NEW ZEALAND;

HIERACIUM PILOSELLA;

EID: 0032458270     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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