Forest floor plant community response to experimental control of the invasive biennial, Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-165

  Hochstedler, Wendy W ^a   Slaughter, Bradford S ^a,b   Gorchov, David L ^a   Saunders, Lauren P ^a,c   Stevens, M Henry H ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan Natural Features Inventory   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien species; Community composition; Competition; Deciduous forests; Exotic species; Multiple response permutation procedure; Nonmetric multidimensional scaling ordination; Stellaria media

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST FLOOR; HERBICIDE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PEST CONTROL; WEED;

HUESTON WOODS STATE PARK; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ALLIARIA PETIOLATA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; BRASSICA; STELLARIA; STELLARIA MEDIA;

EID: 34547799182     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/1095-5674(2007)134[155:FFPCRT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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