The impact of invasion and subsequent removal of an exotic thistle, Cynara cardunculus, on CO2 and H2O vapor exchange in a coastal California grassland

Biological Invasions

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1073-1084

  Potts, Daniel L ^a,b   Stanley Harpole, W ^a   Goulden, Michael L ^a   Suding, Katharine Nash ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardoon; Evapotranspiration; Net ecosystem CO2 exchange; Species removal experiment

Indexed keywords

CIRSIUM; CYNARA; CYNARA CARDUNCULUS; CYNARA SCOLYMUS; POACEAE;

EID: 78149380333     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-007-9185-y     Document Type: Article

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