Within-Year Soil Legacies Contribute to Strong Priority Effects of Exotics on Native California Grassland Communities

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 664-670

  Grman, Emily ^a   Suding, Katharine N ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California grasslands; Nassella pulchra; Priority effects; Restoration; Size asymmetric competition; Soil legacies

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; BIOMASS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; NATIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

NASSELLA PULCHRA;

EID: 77956270221     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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