Leaf decomposition and stream macroinvertebrate colonisation of Japanese knotweed, an invasive plant species

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 656-665

  Braatne, Jeffrey H ^a   Sullivan, S Mažeika P ^a   Chamberlain, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allochthonous inputs; Japanese knotweed

Indexed keywords

COTTON; DECOMPOSITION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WEED CONTROL; WOOD;

ALLOCHTHON; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COTTON; DECOMPOSITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MONOCULTURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAMWATER; WEED;

ALNUS; ALNUS INCANA; POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM; POPULUS; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 38049088854     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200611009     Document Type: Article

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