Defoliation and site differences influence vegetative spread in grassland

New Phytologist

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 257-264

  Barthram, G T ^a   Elston, D A ^b   Birch, C P D ^a   Bolton, G R ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Competitive hierarchy; Defoliation; Grassland; Invasion; Species mobility

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; DISPERSAL; GRASSLAND; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; FESTUCA; FESTUCA RUBRA; HOLCUS LANATUS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; POA; POA TRIVIALIS;

EID: 0036321723     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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