Neighbourhood models of the effects of the invasive Acer platanoides on tree seedling dynamics: Linking impacts on communities and ecosystems

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-90

  Gómez Aparicio, Lorena ^a,b   Canham, Charles D ^a   Martin, Patrick H ^a,c  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer platanoides; Invasive species; Neighbourhood index; Plant soil feedbacks; Seedling survival and growth; Soil fertility; Spatially explicit models; Temperate forests

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSPECIFIC; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEEDLING; SURVIVORSHIP;

CONNECTICUT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER PLATANOIDES; ACER SACCHARUM; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA;

EID: 37149028408     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01317.x     Document Type: Article

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