Long-distance dispersal of invasive grasses by logging vehicles in a tropical dry forest

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 697-703

  Veldman, Joseph W ^a   Putz, Francis E ^b  

^a Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Chiquitania; Megathyrsus maximus; Panicum maximum; Roads; Savanna; Selective logging; Vehicle dispersed flora

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; C4 PLANT; DRY FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGE; GRASS; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIGHT EFFECT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED COLLECTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SELECTIVE LOGGING; TRUCKING;

BOLIVIA;

BRACHIARIA; PANICUM MAXIMUM; POACEAE; ROTTBOELLIA COCHINCHINENSIS; SORGHUM HALEPENSE; UROCHLOA BRIZANTHA; UROCHLOA MAXIMA;

EID: 78149250743     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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