Variable effects of feral pig disturbances on native and exotic plants in a California grassland

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1746-1756

  Cushman, J Hall ^a   Tierney, Trisha A ^a   Hinds, Jean M ^a  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal grasslands; Community level effects; Feral pigs; Functional groups; Invasive species; Nitrogen mineralization rates; Soil disturbances; Sus scrofa; Variable effects

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INVASIVE SPECIES; PIG; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LILIOPSIDA; POACEAE; SUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 11144338244     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5142     Document Type: Article

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