Establishment of an invasive grass in closed-canopy deciduous forests across local and regional environmental gradients

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2069-2080

  Huebner, Cynthia D ^a  

^a NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental gradient; Forest interiors; Invasive plants; Microstegium vimineum

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GRASS; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

BRYOPHYTA; MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM;

EID: 77953959057     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9609-y     Document Type: Article

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