The effect of soil nitrogen on competition between native and exotic perennial grasses from northern coastal California

Plant Ecology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-35

  Thomsen, Meredith A ^a,b   Corbin, Jeffrey D ^b   D'Antonio, Carla M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diallel experiment; Exotic species; Fertilization; Greenhouse experiment; Invasion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PRAIRIE; SEEDLING; SOIL NITROGEN;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS OREGONENSIS; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; FESTUCA RUBRA; HOLCUS; HOLCUS LANATUS; NASSELLA; NASSELLA PULCHRA; PHALARIS; PHALARIS AQUATICA; POACEAE;

EID: 33747062675     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9109-4     Document Type: Article

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