Distribution of plants in a California serpentine grassland: Are rocky hummocks spatial refuges for native species?

Plant Ecology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-171

  Gram, Wendy K ^a,b   Borer, Elizabeth T ^c   Cottingham, Kathryn L ^a,d   Seabloom, Eric W ^a   Boucher, Virginia L ^c,e   Goldwasser, Lloyd ^c,f   Micheli, Fiorenza ^a,g   Kendall, Bruce E ^a,c   Burton, Rebecca S ^a,h  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Dartmouth College   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ALVERNO COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic plant species; Hummock; Invaded communities; Spatial refuges

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; NATIVE SPECIES; REFUGIUM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SEDGWICK RESERVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3442887787     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000026332.57007.7b     Document Type: Article

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