Native Grass Establishment in Grassy Woodlands with Nutrient Enriched Soil and Exotic Grass Invasion

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue SPEC.ISSUE, 2011, Pages 131-140

  Lindsay, Elizabeth A ^a   Cunningham, Saul A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

C3 grass; Exotic annual grass; Plant soil relationships; Seed addition; South eastern Australia; Woodland restoration

Indexed keywords

GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WOODLAND;

BOTHRIOCHLOA MACRA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS BLAKELYI; EUCALYPTUS MELLIODORA; POA; POACEAE;

EID: 77955969335     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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