Soil seed bank compositional change constrains biodiversity in an invaded species-rich woodland

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 256-269

  Fisher, Judith L ^a   Loneragan, William A ^a   Dixon, Kingsley ^a,b   Veneklaas, Erik J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banksia species; Community transformation; Ehrharta calycina; Fire; Mediterranean; Seed persistence

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GERMINATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SEED BANK; WOODLAND;

BANKSIA; EHRHARTA CALYCINA; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM CAPITATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 58149215818     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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