Invasion and management of a woody plant, Lantana camara L., alters vegetation diversity within wet sclerophyll forest in southeastern Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 960-967

  Gooden, Ben ^a   French, Kris ^a   Turner, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diversity loss; Invasive species management; Lantana camara; Plant invasion; Restoration ecology; Weed impacts

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; FISH; MANAGEMENT; PEST CONTROL; RESTORATION; SECONDARY RECOVERY; VEGETATION; WEED CONTROL;

DIVERSITY LOSS; INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT; LANTANA CAMARA; PLANT INVASION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WEED IMPACTS;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; JUVENILE; LAND MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUB; WEED CONTROL;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; FISHES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; PEST CONTROL; PLANTS; RESTORATION; SHRUBS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREES; WEED CONTROL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

FILICOPHYTA; LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 58149291680     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.10.040     Document Type: Article

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