Exotic woody invader limits the recruitment of three indigenous plant species

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 590-595

  Ens, Emilie Jane ^a   French, Kristine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bitou bush; Chrysanthemoides monilifera spp. rotundata; Exotic plant invasion; Fv Fm; Life history stages; Reproductive output

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; GERMINATION; GROWTH; INVASIBILITY; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING; WOODY PLANT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CHRYSANTHEMOIDES MONILIFERA; ERICACEAE; LAXMANNIACEAE; LOMANDRA LONGIFOLIA; MONOTOCA ELLIPTICA; RUTACEAE;

EID: 39649120316     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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