Grazing and community structure as determinants of invasion success by Scotch broom in a New Zealand montane shrubland

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-28

  Bellingham, P J ^a   Coomes, D A ^a,b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Cytisus scoparius; Discaria toumatou; Facilitation; Herbivory; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAZING; SHRUBLAND; SURVIVORSHIP;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; DISCARIA TOUMATOU; FABACEAE; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE;

EID: 0037247092     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.2003.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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