Sensitivity of the invasive geophyte Oxalis pes-caprae to nutrient availability and competition

Annals of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 637-645

  Sala, Anna ^a   Verdaguer, Dolors ^b   Vilà, Montserrat ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asexual reproduction; Competition; Invasive species; Lolium rigidum; Mediterranean Islands; Nutrients; Oxalis pes caprae

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ANGIOSPERM; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINORCA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM RIGIDUM; OXALIS; OXALIS PES-CAPRAE;

PHOSPHORUS;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOLIUM; METABOLISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL;

ANGIOSPERMS; ECOSYSTEM; LOLIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL;

EID: 34249951080     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl289     Document Type: Article

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