Vulnerability of rehabilitated agricultural production systems to invasion by nontarget plant species

Environmental Management

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-196

  Baer, Sara G ^a   Engle, David M ^b   Knops, Johannes M H ^c   Langeland, Kenneth A ^d   Maxwell, Bruce D ^e   Menalled, Fabian D ^e   Symstad, Amy J ^f  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Conservation programs; CRP; Invasive species; Restoration

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENT SCHEMES; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AGRICULTURALLY DOMINATED; ARABLE LANDS; CONSERVATION PROGRAMS; CROP PRODUCTIONS; CRP; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; FIRE CYCLES; IMPROVED SYSTEMS; INCENTIVE PROGRAMS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LONG TERMS; PLANT SPECIES; TARGET SPECIES; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CULTIVATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RESTORATION; WATER;

TARGETS;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ARABLE LAND; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INCENTIVE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDOWNER; NONTARGET ORGANISM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58149469942     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9167-6     Document Type: Review

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