Relationship between the abundance of Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) and plant species richness along the Bar River, Canada

Wetlands

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 118-125

  Treberg, Michael A ^a,b   Husband, Brian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biological invasions; Lythrum salicaria; Plant species richness; Purple loosestrife

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; WETLAND;

BAR RIVER; CANADA; ONTARIO;

LYSIMACHIA; LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; NUPHAR; NUPHAR VARIEGATUM; SCIRPUS ATROVIRENS; SCIRPUS CYPERINUS; SCIRPUS MICROCARPUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0032856177     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161740     Document Type: Article

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