The role of successional stage, vegetation type and soil disturbance in the invasion of the alien grass Cortaderia selloana

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 591-598

  Domènech, Roser ^a   Vilà, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Additive experiment; Facilitation; Invasibility; Microdisturbance; Pampas grass; Removal experiment; Successional mechanism

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DISTURBANCE; GRASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LLOBREGAT DELTA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CORTADERIA; CORTADERIA SELLOANA; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 33845271873     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2006)17[591:TROSSV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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