Effects of unpaved road soils on persistence of three non-native grass species

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 257-262

  Gordon, Doria R ^a   Greenberg, Cathryn H ^b,d   Crownover, Stanley H ^c   Slapcinsky, Jodi L ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Buncombe County Health Center   (United States)

^d US Forest Service   (United States)

^e THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive plants; Roadside invasions; Roadside soils; Sand pine scrub; Soil disturbance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISTURBANCE; ROAD;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EREMOCHLOA; EREMOCHLOA OPHIUROIDES; MELINIS REPENS; PASPALUM; PASPALUM NOTATUM; PINUS CLAUSA; POACEAE;

EID: 22144436259     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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