Experimental evidence for the effects of additional water, nutrients and physical disturbance on invasive plants in low fertility Hawkesbury Sandstone soils, Sydney, Australia

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-49

  Leishman, Michelle R ^a   Thomson, Vivien P ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Exotic; Growth responses; Infertile soils; Invisibility; Specific leaf area; Stormwater; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RESPONSE; INVASIBILITY; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL WATER; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY; WORLD;

EID: 13544270097     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2004.00938.x     Document Type: Article

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