Does morphological plasticity of the Phalaris arundinacea canopy increase invasiveness?

Plant Ecology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-277

  Herr Turoff, Andrea ^a   Zedler, Joy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy ratios; Growth form; Reed canary grass; Sward; Tussock; Wet prairie

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CANOPY; EUTROPHICATION; GRASS; GROWTH; INVASIBILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PRAIRIE; SWARD; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND; WETLAND;

PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA;

EID: 35449004947     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9264-2     Document Type: Article

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