Management regimes for a plant invader differentially impact resident communities

Biological Conservation

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 246-259

  Mason, T J ^a,b   French, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bitou bush; Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundata; Control; Disturbance; Exotic; Invasion; Restoration

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; SHRUB;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CHRYSANTHEMOIDES MONILIFERA;

EID: 33847326216     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.11.023     Document Type: Article

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