Context-dependent pattern and process: The distribution and competitive dynamics of an invasive grass, Brachypodium sylvaticum

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2303-2318

  Holmes, Susan E ^a   Roy, Bitty A ^a   Reed, Jim P ^b   Johnson, Bart R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b The Hydrologic Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Exotic species; False brome; GIS; Invasion; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACILITATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; GRASS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION REGULATION; SHADE TOLERANCE;

UNITED STATES;

BRACHYPODIUM; BRACHYPODIUM SYLVATICUM; POACEAE;

EID: 77953962237     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9645-7     Document Type: Article

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