Limits to tree species invasion in pampean grassland and forest plant communities

Oecologia

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 594-602

  Mazia, Noemí C ^a   Chaneton, Enrique J ^a   Ghersa, Claudio M ^a   León, Rolando J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alien plants; Competition; Disturbance; Recruitment; Seed addition

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FOREST; GRASSLAND; LIMITING FACTOR; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ARGENTINA;

GLEDITSIA; GLEDITSIA TRIACANTHOS; LIGUSTRUM; LIGUSTRUM LUCIDUM; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS CALDENIA; ULMUS; ULMUS PUMILA;

EID: 0034878492     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100709     Document Type: Article

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