Lantana camara L. invasions in dry rainforest - Open forest ecotones: The role of disturbances associated with fire and cattle grazing

Austral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 298-306

  Gentle, C B ^a   Duggin, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass removal; Burning; Dry rainforest; Fertilization; Lantana camara invasion; Microclimate; Soil scarification

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444373574     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1997.tb00675.x     Document Type: Article

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