Effects of microsite characteristics on Hieracium seedling establishment in tall- and short-tussock grasslands, Marlborough, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-118

  Rose, Alan B ^a   Frampton, Chris M ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Degradation; Hieracium caespitosum; Hieracium lepidulum; Hieracium pilosella; Invasibility; Plant invasion; Safe sites; Tussock grasslands; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

NEW ZEALAND; PLANT HEIGHT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

CHIONOCHLOA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; FESTUCA; HIERACIUM; HIERACIUM CAESPITOSUM; HIERACIUM LEPIDULUM; HIERACIUM PILOSELLA; PILOSELLA; POA;

EID: 0032982814     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1999.9512617     Document Type: Article

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