Canopy effects of the invasive shrub Pyracantha angustifolia on seed bank composition, richness and density in a montane shrubland (Córdoba, Argentina)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-77

  Giantomasi, Alejandra ^a   Tecco, Paula A ^a   Funes, Guillermo ^a   Gurvich, Diego E ^a   Cabido, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Condalia montana; Established vegetation; Invasional meltdown; Ligustrum lucidum

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED BANK; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CONDALIA; LIGUSTRUM; LIGUSTRUM LUCIDUM; PYRACANTHA; PYRACANTHA ANGUSTIFOLIA; RHAMNACEAE; ROSACEAE;

EID: 37849042204     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01791.x     Document Type: Article

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