Declines in plant species richness and endemic plant species in longleaf pine savannas invaded by Imperata cylindrica

Biological Invasions

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1257-1264

  Brewer, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Habitat specialists; Invasive species; Post invasion declines; Ruderal

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GRASS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RANGE EXPANSION; RUDERAL; SAPLING; SAVANNA; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; COASTAL PLAIN; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 54849442789     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-007-9200-3     Document Type: Article

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