Canopy gaps facilitate establishment, growth, and reproduction of invasive Frangula alnus in a Tsuga canadensis dominated forest

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1509-1520

  Burnham, Katharine M ^a   Lee, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced regeneration; Canopy gap; Competition; Disturbance; Exotic invasive plant; Frangula alnus; Logging; New England; New Hampshire; Tsuga canadensis forest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; FACILITATION; FRUITING; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LOGGING (TIMBER); POPULATION DENSITY; REGENERATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SHRUB; SURVIVAL; VIGOR;

DURHAM [NEW HAMPSHIRE]; NEW ENGLAND; NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS; BETULA LENTA; CONIUM; FRANGULA; FRANGULA ALNUS; PINUS STROBUS; RHAMNACEAE; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 77952257245     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9563-8     Document Type: Article

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