Non-native grass invasion suppresses forest succession

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1029-1038

  Flory, S Luke ^a   Clay, Keith ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest composition; Japanese stiltgrass; Life history stage; Microstegium vimineum; Tree regeneration

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOMASS; REFUGE; SAPLING; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TREE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

ACER NEGUNDO; ACER RUBRUM; CARYA; LINDERA BENZOIN; LIQUIDAMBAR; MICROSTEGIUM; MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM; MURIDAE;

EID: 78449243973     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1697-y     Document Type: Article

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