Effects of plant competition, seed predation, and nutrient limitation on seedling survivorship of spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe)

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3771-3784

  Knochel, David G ^a   Flagg, Cody ^a   Seastedt, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Centaurea stoebe (spotted knapweed); Nitrogen limitation; Plant competition; Seed limitation; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMINATION; GRASS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING; SOIL NITROGEN; SURVIVORSHIP; WEED;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA STOEBE; ELYMUS; ELYMUS TRACHYCAULUS; POACEAE;

EID: 77958008666     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9769-9     Document Type: Article

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