Not novel, just better: Competition between native and non-native plants in California grasslands that share species traits

Plant Ecology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-81

  Corbin, Jeffrey D ^a   D'Antonio, Carla M ^b  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic perennial grasses; Holcus lanatus; Invasive species; Native perennial bunchgrasses; Novel weapons

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; GRASS; GRASSLAND; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN FIXATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TRANSECT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

HOLCUS; HOLCUS LANATUS; POACEAE;

EID: 77953475714     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9722-0     Document Type: Article

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