Additive effects of a potentially invasive grass and water stress on the performance of seedlings of gypsum specialists

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 287-296

  Matesanz, Silvia ^a   Escudero, Adrián ^b   Valladares, Fernando ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Climate change; Competition; Global change; Gypsum habitat; Microcosm; Water stress

Indexed keywords

COLUTEA; GYPSOPHILA STRUTHIUM; HELIANTHEMUM SQUAMATUM; LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM SUBULATUM; LOLIUM; LOLIUM RIGIDUM;

EID: 59649123406     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2008-7-18425     Document Type: Article

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