Effects of leaf litter on establishment, growth and survival of invasive plant seedlings in a deciduous forest

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 472-477

  Bartuszevige, Anne M ^a,b   Hrenko, Rikki L ^a,c   Gorchov, David L ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Eesti Energia AS   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOREST FLOOR; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF LITTER; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; SURVIVAL;

ALLIARIA PETIOLATA; LONICERA; LONICERA MAACKII;

EID: 36048936309     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)158[472:EOLLOE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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