Bush lupine mortality, altered resource availability, and alternative vegetation states

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 443-454

  Maron, John L ^a   Jefferies, Robert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bush lupine; Insect herbivory; Plant assemblages; Plant invasion; Soil nitrogen mineralization and enrichment

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

LUPINUS ARBOREUS;

EID: 0033054134     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0443:BLMARA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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