Grassland invasions: Effects of manipulations of climate and management

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 301-309

  Buckland, Sarah M ^a,b   Thompson, K ^a   Hodgson, J G ^a   Grime, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Brachypodium pinnatum; Climatic limits; Land use

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASSLAND; LAND USE;

ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; BRACHYPODIUM PINNATUM; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; HOLCUS LANATUS; ORIGANUM VULGARE; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; SENECIO ERUCIFOLIUS;

EID: 0035006708     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00603.x     Document Type: Article

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