Facilitation and interference underlying the association between the woody invaders Pyracantha angustifolia and Ligustrum lucidum

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-218

  Tecco, P A ^a   Diaz S ^a   Gurvich, D E ^a   Perez Harguindeguy, N ^a   Cabido, M ^a   Bertone, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Condalia montana; Experiment; Invasional meltdown; Nurse effect; Positive interaction; Rodent predation; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

CONDALIA; LIGUSTRUM; LIGUSTRUM LUCIDUM; PYRACANTHA; PYRACANTHA ANGUSTIFOLIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 37849048837     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2007.tb00519.x     Document Type: Article

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