Comparative ecology of two co-occurring floodplain plants: The native Sporobolus mitchellii and the exotic Phyla canescens

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 431-440

  Taylor, Ben ^a,b   Ganf, George G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Department for Environment and Heritage ^*  (Australia)

^c EWATER COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental flows; Plant plant interactions; Riparian vegetation; River health; Weeds

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW REGULATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; WORLD;

PHYLA CANESCENS; POACEAE; SPOROBOLUS;

EID: 23044445615     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF04196     Document Type: Article

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