Seedling establishment, mortality, tree growth rates and vigour of Acacia nilotica in different Astrebla grassland habitats: Implications for invasion

Austral Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 258-268

  Radford, Ian J ^a   Nicholas, Mike ^a   Tiver, Fleur ^b   Brown, Joel ^c   Kriticos, Darren ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia nilotica; Astrebla grassland; Heterogeneous landscape; Plant recruitment processes; Riparian; Weed invasion

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; MORTALITY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; VIGOR; WEED;

ACACIA; ACACIA NILOTICA; ASTREBLA; BOS TAURUS; INSECTA; OVIS ARIES; RIPARIA;

EID: 0242469638     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01176.x     Document Type: Article

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