Seasonal effects of four control methods on the invasive morrow's honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) and initial responses of understory plants in a southwestern Pennsylvania old field

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 549-559

  Love, Jason P ^a,b   Anderson, James T ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien species; Disturbance; Early successional; Exotic species; Fort Necessity National Battlefield,; Glyphosate; Habitat; Herbaceous layer; Herbicide; Invasive plants; Meadow; Non native; Roundup; Understory

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOLIAGE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MEADOW; PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

LONICERA; LONICERA MORROWII; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 68149157024     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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