Soil disturbance, vegetation cover and the establishment of the exotic shrub Pyracantha coccinea in southern France

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1023-1029

  de Villalobos, Ana Elena ^a   Vázquez, Diego P ^b,c   Martin, Jean Louis ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^d CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Germination; Herbicide; Mediterranean region; Plant competition; Plant invasions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DICOTYLEDON; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; HERBICIDE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PROPAGULE; SEED DORMANCY; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION COVER;

FRANCE; HERAULT; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MONTPELLIER;

PYRACANTHA; PYRACANTHA COCCINEA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 77952290104     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9519-z     Document Type: Article

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