Allometric growth, disturbance regime, and dilemmas of controlling invasive plants: A model analysis

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 743-752

  Jia, Xin ^a,b   Pan, Xiao Y ^a   Li, Bo ^a   Chen, Jia K ^a   Yang, Xing Z ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alternanthera philoxeroides; Mowing; Plant invasion; Regrowth; Root fragmentation

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOWING; PHYTOMASS; POPULATION REGULATION; REGROWTH; WEED CONTROL;

ALTERNANTHERA PHILOXEROIDES;

EID: 59849095111     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9288-0     Document Type: Article

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