Shifts in dominance of native and invasive plants in experimental patches of vegetation

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 165-184

  Woitke, Markus ^b   Dietz, Hansjörg ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Disturbance; Perennial forbs; Plant cover; Regeneration; Species composition

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLONAL GROWTH; COLONIZATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGENERATION;

BRASSICACEAE; BUNIAS; BUNIAS ORIENTALIS; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE; POACEAE; RORIPPA; RORIPPA AUSTRIACA;

EID: 0038322924     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1433-8319-00032     Document Type: Article

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