Experimental evidence for an alkali ecotype of Lolium multiflorum, an exotic invasive annual grass in the Central Valley, CA, USA

Biological Invasions

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-334

  Dawson, Kathryn ^a,b   Veblen, Kari E ^a   Young, Truman P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecotype; Hemizonia pungens; Invasive species; Lolium multiflorum; Reciprocal transfer

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ANNUAL PLANT; ECOTYPE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENOTYPE; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; SEED PRODUCTION; SURVIVORSHIP;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HEMIZONIA PUNGENS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM;

EID: 33947529098     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-006-9036-2     Document Type: Article

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