Growth and water relations in a central North Carolina population of Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 893-903

  Touchette, Brant W ^a   Romanello, Genevieve A ^b  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Microstegium vimineum; Physiology; Plant water relations; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVIVAL; WATERLOGGING;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM;

EID: 77952241101     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9510-8     Document Type: Article

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