Are horses responsible for introducing non-native plants along forest trails in the eastern United States?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 997-1003

  Gower, Stith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Forests; Hay; Horses; Invasive plants; Manure; Trails

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; DEBRIS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; MANURES; PUBLIC POLICY; SEED; VEGETATION;

CAMPBELL; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING; EXOTIC SPECIES; FORESTS; GROWING SEASONS; HAY; HORSES; ILLINOIS; INVASIVE PLANTS; KENTUCKY; MANAGEMENT PLANNING; MANURE; MICHIGAN; NATIVE PLANTS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS; NON-NATIVE SPECIES; NORTH CAROLINA; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT SPECIES; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; SPECIES COMPOSITIONS; TRAILS; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

PLANT MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GERMINATION; GROWING SEASON; HORSE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MANURE; POLICY APPROACH; SOWING;

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTS; FORESTS; GERMINATION; MANAGEMENT; MANURE; PLANTS; SEEDS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 48949088314     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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