Seedling recruitment of the exotic grass Andropogon gayanus (Poaceae) in northern Australia

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-249

  Flores, Trish A ^a   Setterfield, Samantha A ^a   Douglas, Michael M ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; RECRUITMENT; SEED PRODUCTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GAYANUS; MELALEUCA;

EID: 21244447053     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT03154     Document Type: Article

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