Alternative states models provide an effective framework for invasive species control and restoration of native communities

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-105

  Firn, Jennifer ^a,b   House, Alan P N ^b   Buckley, Yvonne M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Control strategies; Diversity productivity relationship; Novel ecosystems; Nutrient addition; Secondary invasion; Selective grazing

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASS; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWING SEASON; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION REGULATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS CURVULA; GLANDULARIA PULCHELLA; POACEAE; UNGULATA; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 77949305621     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01741.x     Document Type: Article

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