Recovery, invasion, and decline over 37 years in a Marlborough short-tussock grassland, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-87

  Rose, Alan B ^a   Suisted, Philip A ^b,c   Frampton, Chris M ^d  

^a Upland Research   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c Christchurch School of Medine and Health Sciences ^*  (New Zealand)

^d Christchurch School of Medine and Health Sciences   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation management; Grazing; Hieracium; Plant invasion; Tussock grassland; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ACAENA; AGROSTIS; ANTHOXANTHUM; CHIONOCHLOA; ELYMUS; FESTUCA; HIERACIUM; HIERACIUM CAESPITOSUM; HIERACIUM LEPIDULUM; HIERACIUM PILOSELLA; PILOSELLA; POA; POACEAE; RUMEX; RUMEX ACETOSELLA; RYTIDOSPERMA;

EID: 2542633584     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2004.9512891     Document Type: Article

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