The influence of urban land use on seed dispersal and wetland invasibility

Plant Ecology

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 153-167

  Cutway, Heather Bowman ^a   Ehrenfeld, Joan G ^b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge structure; Exotic plant species; Forested wetland; Industrial; Residential; Seed dispersal; Urban

Indexed keywords

FOREST EDGE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE; NEW SPECIES; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION COVER; WETLAND;

EID: 77955095351     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9746-5     Document Type: Article

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