Effects of canopy gap size on recruitment and invasion of the non-indigenous Rubus alceifolius in lowland tropical rain forest on Réunion

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-345

  Baret, Stéphane ^a,b   Cournac, Laurent ^c   Thébaud, Christophe ^d   Edwards, Peter ^e   Strasberg, Dominique ^a  

^a Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b Conservatoire Botanique National de Mascarin ^*  (France)

^c IRFM   (France)

^d Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique   (France)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Canopy heterogeneity; Cyclone; Disturbance; Indian Ocean; Invasibility; Invasion; Invasiveness; Leaf Area Index; Mascarene archipelago

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAP DYNAMICS; HETEROGENEITY; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF AREA INDEX; RAINFOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TROPICAL FOREST;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

RUBUS ALCEIFOLIUS;

EID: 43649098723     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467408004987     Document Type: Article

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