Low allelopathic potential of an invasive forage grass on native grassland plants: A cause for encouragement?

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 261-269

  Renne, Ian J ^a   Rios, Bianca G ^a   Fehmi, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Tracy, Benjamin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Biochemical recognition; Competition; Exotic invasions; Festuca arundinacea; Restoration; Tall fescue; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

FESTUCA; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; POACEAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 3142660555     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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