Seed dynamics and seedling establishment in the invading perennial Solidago altissima-under different experimental treatments

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-41

  Meyer, Andrea H ^a   Schmid, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Colonization; Disturbance; Experimental demography; Seed dynamics; Seedling dynamics; Solidago altissima

Indexed keywords

PLANT GROWTH;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; MOWING; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEED RAIN; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

SOLIDAGO ALTISSIMA;

EID: 0033006412     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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