Feral horses dung piles as potential invasion windows for alien plant species in natural grasslands

Plant Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 471-480

  Loydi, Alejandro ^a   Zalba, Sergio Martín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Conservation; Invasive alien species; Manure; Natural grasslands; Refuges; Stud pile

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DICOTYLEDON; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FECES; FERAL ORGANISM; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HORSE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFUGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION COVER; WEED;

ARGENTINA; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA CALCITRAPA; EQUIDAE; NASSELLA;

EID: 67349136762     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9468-0     Document Type: Article

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