The role of seed limitation and resource availability in the recruitment of native perennial grasses and exotics in a South Australian grassland

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 684-694

  Lenz, Tanja I ^a,b   Facelli, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Austrodanthonia caespitosa; Avena barbata; Perennial grass; Recruitment; South Australia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; DROUGHT; INVASIBILITY; RECRUITMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRODANTHONIA; AVENA; AVENA BARBATA; POACEAE;

EID: 28444435832     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01508.x     Document Type: Article

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