The effects of eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) invasion and removal on a dry bluff prairie ecosystem

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 241-252

  Pierce, Ann M ^a,b   Reich, Peter B ^b  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Juniperous virginiana; Prairies

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOME; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NATIVE SPECIES; PRAIRIE;

NORTH AMERICA;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 72149117100     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9446-z     Document Type: Article

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