Shade facilitates an invasive stem succulent in a chenopod shrubland in South Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 480-490

  Lenz, Tanja I ^a   Facelli, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atriplex vesicaria; Exotic species; Facilitation; Invasion; Orbea variegata; Radiation stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SHADING; SHRUBLAND; SOLAR RADIATION;

AUSTRALIA;

AMARANTHACEAE; APOCYNACEAE; ATRIPLEX VESICARIA; ORBEA VARIEGATA;

EID: 0242381820     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01304.x     Document Type: Article

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