Differential effects of Typha litter and plants on invasive Lythrum salicaria seedling survival and growth

Biological Invasions

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 433-444

  Hager, Heather A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

disturbance; plant and litter effects; plant invasion; seedling transplant experiment; wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISTURBANCE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INVASIBILITY; LITTER; WETLAND;

LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; TYPHA;

EID: 4344610034     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BINV.0000041558.22300.3a     Document Type: Article

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