Rhamnus cathartica L. (common buckthorn) as an ecosystem dominant in southern Wisconsin forests

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 387-402

  Mascaro, Joseph ^a   Schnitzer, Stefan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS CATHARTICA;

EID: 35048903974     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2007)14[387:RCLCBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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