The influence of woody encroachment upon herbaceous vegetation in a southern Appalachian wetland complex

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-51

  Warren II, Robert J ^a   Rossell, Irene M ^b   Moorhead, Kevin K ^b   Pittillo, J Dan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

^c WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FLOODPLAIN; HERB; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; VEGETATION COVER; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND; WOODY PLANT;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846860253     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)157[39:TIOWEU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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