Multiple disturbances accelerate invasion of reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea L.) in a mesocosm study

Oecologia

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 455-464

  Kercher, Suzanne M ^a   Zedler, Joy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Flooding; Fluctuating resource hypothesis; Invasibility; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISTURBANCE; EUTROPHICATION; FLOODING; INVASIBILITY; MESOCOSM; PRAIRIE; SEDIMENTATION; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CITY; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; PHALARIS; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIGHT; MICRONUTRIENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATURAL DISASTERS; PHALARIS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

PHALARIS; PHALARIS AQUATICA; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 1342309688     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1453-7     Document Type: Article

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