A dendro-ecological study of forest overstorey productivity following the invasion of the non-indigenous shrub Lonicera maackii

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-14

  Hartman, K M ^a   McCarthy, B C ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Competition; Dendrochronology; Invasive species; Ohio; Weed

Indexed keywords

LONICERA; LONICERA MAACKII;

EID: 34547797979     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1402-2001(2007)10[3:ADSOFO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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