Holoparasitic Cuscuta campestris suppresses invasive Mikania micrantha and contributes to native community recovery

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2653-2661

  Yu, Hua ^a,b   Yu, Fei Hai ^a   Miao, Shi Li ^a   Dong, Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Biological control; Enemies of the invaded region; Host preference; Host parasite interaction; Invasive alien species; Non target effect

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GROWTH RESPONSE; INHIBITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PARASITE CONTROL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; CHINA; DONGGUAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; NEILINGDING ISLAND; SHENZHEN;

CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA CAMPESTRIS; MIKANIA; MIKANIA MICRANTHA;

EID: 52049100605     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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