Roadside as invasion pathway for common reed (Phragmites australis)

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 506-514

  Brisson, Jacques ^a   De Blois, Sylvie ^b   Lavoie, Claude ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corridor pathway; ecosystem services; linear wetland; plant invasion; right of way management; road ecology; wetland plant competition

Indexed keywords

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 77954863930     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-09-050.1     Document Type: Article

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