Impacts of Lythrum salicaria invasion on plant community and soil properties in two wetlands in central New York, USA

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 477-484

  Mahaney, Wendy M ^a,b   Smemo, Kurt A ^a,c   Yavitt, Joseph B ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional group; Invasion; Lythrum salicaria; Phalaris arundinacea; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; SOILS;

ECOSYSTEM PROPERTIES; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; SOIL PROPERTIES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABANDONED LAND; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NATIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WETLAND;

ECOSYSTEMS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PLANTS; WETLANDS;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CAREX LACUSTRIS; LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 33748914473     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B06-009     Document Type: Article

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