Temporal changes in native and exotic vegetation and soil characteristics following disturbances by feral pigs in a California grassland

Biological Invasions

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1073-1089

  Tierney, Trisha A ^a   Cushman, J Hall ^a  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Bunchgrasses; Coastal grasslands; Colonization; Disturbance age; Feral pig disturbances; Native and exotic vegetation; Northern California; Plant functional groups; Soil nitrogen; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; ORGANIC MATTER; PIG; SOIL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33747146808     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-005-6829-7     Document Type: Article

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