Positive relationshops between invasive purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) and plant species diversity and abundance in Minnesota wetlands

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 763-773

  Hager, Heather A ^a,b   Vinebrooke, Rolf D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Invasion; Lythrum salicaria; Ordination; Plant community composition; Typha dominated marshes; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

ABIOTIC ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION COMMUNITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ORDINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WETLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS; WETLANDS;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LYSIMACHIA; LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; TYPHA;

EID: 4344585681     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b04-052     Document Type: Article

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