Invasion ecology of the alien tussock grass nardus stricta (Poaceae) at lake pukaki, canterbury, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 601-612

  Kissling, W Daniel ^a   Schnittler, Martin ^a   Seddon, Philip J ^b   Dickinson, Katharine J M ^b   Lord, Janice M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Invasive species; Nardus stricta; Perennial bunch grass; Recruitment; Reproductive ecology; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INVASIVE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; NARDUS; NARDUS STRICTA; OREOBOLUS PECTINATUS; PECTINATUS; POACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 27144464159     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2005.9512977     Document Type: Article

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