Community-level changes in Australian subalpine vegetation following invasion by the non-native shrub Cytisus scoparius

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 595-604

  Wearne, Lynise J ^a,b   Morgan, John W ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Growth form; Litter; Multivariate analysis; Species richness; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEGUME; SHRUB; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CYTISUS; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS;

EID: 6344228509     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02301.x     Document Type: Article

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