Resistance of island rainforest to invasion by alien plants: Influence of microhabitat and herbivory on seedling performance

Biological Invasions

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Green, Peter T ^a,c   Lake, P S ^b   O'Dowd, Dennis J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adenanthera; Biotic resistance; Clausena; Herbivory; Island; Land crabs; Rainforest; Seedling; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CRAB; FOREST EDGE; HERBIVORY; ISLAND; MICROHABITAT; RAINFOREST;

CHRISTMAS ISLAND; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS;

ADENANTHERA; ANIMALIA; CLAUSENA; CLAUSENA EXCAVATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EXCAVATA; GECARCINIDAE; GECARCOIDEA NATALIS; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; MUNTINGIA; MUNTINGIA CALABURA; PAVONIA;

EID: 0842287443     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BINV.0000010144.12808.cb     Document Type: Article

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