Exotic plants as ecosystem dominants

Weed Technology

Volumn 18, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 1, 2004, Pages 1283-1287

  Denslow, Julie S ^a   Hughes, R Flint ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ecosystem effects; Geographic range; Mass effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749447891     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/0890-037X(2004)018[1283:EPAED]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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