Long-term control of the invasive tree Ailanthus altissima: Insights from Mediterranean protected forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1058-1064

  Constán Nava, Soraya ^a   Bonet, Andreu ^a   Pastor, Estrella ^a   Lledó, María José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ailanthus altissima; Herbicide; Invasive plant control; Mediterranean protected area

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC COSTS; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; GLYPHOSATES; INVASIVE PLANT CONTROL; INVASIVE SPECIES; JOINT EFFECT; LEAF AREA INDEX; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES; MECHANICAL DISTURBANCE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN FOREST; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; PLANT PERFORMANCE; PROTECTED AREAS; RESPROUTING; SPROUT GROWTH; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE SPECIES; WATER POTENTIAL;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; PLANNING; PLANTS (BOTANY); WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDES;

DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOREST COVER; HERBICIDE; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF AREA INDEX; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTECTED AREA; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER RELATIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HERBICIDES; MEDITERRANEAN; PLANNING; PLANTS; SPROUTS; WEED CONTROL;

AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA;

EID: 77955510552     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.06.030     Document Type: Article

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