Fire increases invasive spread of Molinia caerulea mainly through changes in demographic parameters

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2097-2108

  Jacquemyn, Hans ^a   Brys, Rein ^a,b   Neubert, Michael G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Elasticity; Fire; Integrodifference equations; Invasive spread; LTRE; Matrix population model; Molinia caerulea; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FIRE; GRASS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HEATHLAND; POPULATION GROWTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; ERICA TETRALIX; MOLINIA CAERULEA;

EID: 30944457708     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1762     Document Type: Article

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