Testing the paradigms of exotic species invasion in urban riparian forests

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-350

  Vidra, Rebecca L ^a   Shear, Theodore H ^b   Wentworth, Thomas R ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Exotic species invasion; Resource availability; Restoration; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PARADIGM SHIFT; RESEARCH WORK; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RIPARIAN FOREST; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEY; TESTING METHOD; URBAN FORESTRY;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM;

EID: 33750822970     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2006)26[339:TTPOES]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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