Impacts of a woody invader vary in different vegetation communities

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 829-838

  Mason, T J ^a,b   French, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Coastal dune; Growth form; Introduced species; Structure; Variability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUNE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GROWTH FORM; HERB; INVASIVE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

CHRYSANTHEMOIDES MONILIFERA;

EID: 49549083461     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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