Integration of invasion ecology theories into the analysis of designed plant communities: A case study in Southern Germany

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1371-1381

  Cascorbi, Uta ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aster spp.; Establishment; Horticultural meadows; Invasibility; Invasiveness; Urban landscapes

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DESIGN; DICOTYLEDON; HORTICULTURE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF AREA; NATIVE SPECIES; PRAIRIE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FREISING; GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA;

ASTER SALIGNUS; ASTER VERSICOLOR; SYMPHYOTRICHUM LAEVE LAEVE; SYMPHYOTRICHUM NOVAE-ANGLIAE;

EID: 35348965266     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-007-9115-5     Document Type: Article

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