Restoring restoration: Removal of the invasive plant Microstegium vimineum from a North Carolina wetland

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 781-793

  DeMeester, Julie E ^a   deB Richter, Daniel ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ecosystem restoration; Invasion; Microstegium vimineum; Wetland

Indexed keywords

GROWING SEASON; HABITAT RESTORATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONOCOTYLEDON; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM;

EID: 77952238819     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9481-9     Document Type: Article

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