Mechanisms underlying the impacts of exotic annual grasses in a coastal California meadow

Biological Invasions

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-71

  Coleman, Heather M ^a,b   Levine, Jonathan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Forb; Grass; Invasion; Invasive species; Santa Monica Mountains

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; GRASS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEADOW; NATIVE SPECIES;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 33845962126     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-006-9008-6     Document Type: Article

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