Diversity declines in Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass) patches

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1003-1010

  Adams, Sheherezade N ^a   Engelhardt, Katharina A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasion; Maryland; Native plants; Richness; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL TRADE; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NITRATE; PH; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM;

EID: 62049086219     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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