Soil physical properties associated with the invasive spotted knapweed and native grasses are similar

Plant and Soil

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 241-249

  Sperber, T D ^a   Wraith, J M ^a   Olson, B E ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centaurea maculosa; Invasive species; Plant soil interactions; Soil hydraulic properties; Soil temperature regime; Soil thermal properties

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GRASSLAND; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

UNITED STATES;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA; POACEAE;

EID: 0037703515     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024717307431     Document Type: Article

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