Effects of an African grass invasion on vegetation, soil and interstitial water characteristics in a tropical freshwater marsh in La Mancha, Veracruz (Mexico)

Journal of Plant Interactions

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 187-195

  López Rosas, Hugo ^a   Moreno Casasola, Patricia ^a   Mendelssohn, Irving A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle grazing; Echinochloa pyramidalis; Non indigenous grasses; Sagittaria lancifolia; Typha domingensis; Wetland management

Indexed keywords

ALISMATACEAE; BOS TAURUS; ECHINOCHLOA; ECHINOCHLOA PYRAMIDALIS; POACEAE; PONTEDERIA; SAGITTARIA LANCIFOLIA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 33750895320     PISSN: 17429145     EISSN: 17429153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17429140600857693     Document Type: Article

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