Processes regulating the invasion of European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) in three habitats of the northeastern United States

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1835-1844

  McCay, Timothy S ^a   McCay, Deanna H ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Dispersal; Germination; Seed predation; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; GERMINATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SHRUB; SURVIVORSHIP; SYNERGISM; TRANSPLANTATION;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; CONIFEROPHYTA; RHAMNACEAE; RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS CATHARTICA; RODENTIA;

EID: 70349494367     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9362-7     Document Type: Article

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