Is patience a virtue? Succession, light, and the death of invasive glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus)

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 577-586

  Cunard, Chelsea ^a   Lee, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Frangula alnus; Invasive species; Photosynthetically active radiation; Shade tolerance; Soil nutrients; Stand dynamics; Succession

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASAL AREA; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; REGENERATION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHRUB; SOIL NUTRIENT; STAND DYNAMICS;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS; FRANGULA; FRANGULA ALNUS; RHAMNACEAE;

EID: 59849092611     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9272-8     Document Type: Article

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