Restoration of Themeda australis swards suppresses soil nitrate and enhances ecological resistance to invasion by exotic annuals

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-181

  Prober, Suzanne M ^a   Lunt, Ian D ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon addition; Grassland; Invasibility; Keystone species; Spring burning

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BURNING; CARBON; GRASS; GRASSLAND; KEYSTONE SPECIES; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED TREATMENT; SWARD; WEED;

POACEAE; THEMEDA; THEMEDA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 58349109950     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9222-5     Document Type: Article

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