Invasibility of roadless grasslands: An experimental study of yellow starthistle

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1570-1580

  Gelbard, Jonathan L ^a,b   Harrison, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Conservation Value Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

California, USA; Centaurea solstitialis; Disturbance and invasibility; Exotic plant invasion; Grasslands; Invasibility; Noxious weeds; Resistance to invasion; Road effects on invasibility; Serpentine

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; INVASIBILITY; ROAD; WEED;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA SOLSTITIALIS;

EID: 26044440837     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5362     Document Type: Article

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