Community-level consequences of a plant invasion: Effects on three habitats in coastal California

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1434-1444

  Alvarez, Maria E ^a,b   Cushman, J Hall ^a  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Golden Gate National Recreation Area   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Cape ivy (Delairea odorata, Asteraceae); Community level effects; Habitat specific effects; Invasive, nonnative plant species; Plant life forms; Seedling recruitment; South African vine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT TYPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ASTERACEAE; BETULACEAE; DELAIREA ODORATA; FILICOPHYTA; HEDERA; POACEAE; RIPARIA; SALIX;

EID: 0036826088     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[1434:CLCOAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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