Light competition for invasive species control: A model of cover crop-weed competition and implications for Phalaris arundinacea control in sedge meadow wetlands

Euphytica

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 121-134

  Perry, Laura G ^a   Galatowitsch, Susan M ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric competition; Ecological restoration; Invasion; Light competition; Minimum light requirement; Reed canarygrass

Indexed keywords

PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA;

EID: 33744754169     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-006-5946-4     Document Type: Article

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