Effects of roads and forest successional age on experimental plant invasions

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2531-2537

  Flory, S Luke ^a   Clay, Keith ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deciduous forest; Forest structure; Germination; Growth; Herbivory; Native species; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GERMINATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HERBIVORY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PROPAGULE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 69249213942     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.05.024     Document Type: Article

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