Interactions between two co-dominant, invasive plants in the understory of a temperate deciduous forest

Biological Invasions

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1629-1641

  Belote, R Travis ^a,b   Weltzin, Jake F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Invasional meltdown; Invasive species; Lonicera japonica; Microstegium vimineum; Non indigenous species

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIGHT EFFECT; NATIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; SHADE TOLERANCE; UNDERSTORY; VINE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LONICERA; LONICERA JAPONICA; MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM;

EID: 33845189855     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-005-3932-8     Document Type: Article

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