Exotic plant invasions in forested wetlands: Effects of adjacent urban land use type

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-390

  Cutway, Heather Bowman ^a   Ehrenfeld, Joan G ^b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic plant species; Forested wetland; Industrial; Residential; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349339521     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-009-0088-9     Document Type: Article

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