Landscape configuration and flood frequency influence invasive shrubs in floodplain forests of the Wisconsin River (USA)

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-102

  Predick, Katharine I ^a,b   Turner, Monica G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Exotic species; Flood regime; Habitat quality; Invasive species; Land use history; Landscape ecology; Landscape pattern; Riparian forest; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT QUALITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; RIPARIAN FOREST; SHRUB;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN; WISCONSIN RIVER;

AVES; LONICERA; RHAMNUS; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM AMERICANUM;

EID: 37149026209     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01329.x     Document Type: Article

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