The impacts of Phalaris arundinacea (reed canarygrass) invasion on wetland plant richness in the Oregon Coast Range, USA depend on beavers

Biological Conservation

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 291-295

  Perkins, Thaïs E ^a,b   Wilson, Mark V ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaver; Invasive; Oregon; Phalaris; Reed canarygrass; Richness; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOTIC FACTOR; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CASTOR FIBER; CASTORIDAE; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 15744399164     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.01.023     Document Type: Article

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