Variation in the establishment of a non-native annual grass influences competitive interactions with Mojave Desert perennials

Biological Invasions

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 293-307

  DeFalco, Lesley A ^a,b   Fernandez, George C J ^b   Nowak, Robert S ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Creosote bush; Galleta grass; Indian ricegrass; Invasive species; Plant competition

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FIELD METHOD; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE CYCLE; NATIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEED DORMANCY; WATER USE;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACHNATHERUM; ACHNATHERUM HYMENOIDES; BROMUS; BROMUS MADRITENSIS; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; PLEURAPHIS; PLEURAPHIS RIGIDA; POACEAE;

EID: 33947497785     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-006-9033-5     Document Type: Article

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