Changes in soil functions following invasions of exotic understory plants in deciduous forests

Ecological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1287-1300

  Ehrenfeld, J G ^a   Kourtev, P ^a   Huang, W ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alteration of soil processes; Berberis thunbergii; Ecosystem processes; Exotic species; Hardwood forests (northern New Jersey, USA); Invasibility of communities; Invasiveness of species; Microstegium vimineum; Nitrogen cycling; Plant induced changes in soil microbiota; Plant mediated changes in soil properties; Soils, deciduous forests; Understory plants

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GREENHOUSE; LEAF LITTER; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT INVASION; SOIL CHANGE; SUCCESSION (ENVIRONMENT); UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST SOIL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; UNDERSTORY;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

BERBERIS THUNBERGII; MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM; VACCINIUM PALLIDUM;

EID: 0034792457     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[1287:CISFFI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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