Growth of tropical bracken (Pteridium arachnoideum): Response to weather variations and burning

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 402-411

  Roos, Kristin ^a   Rollenbeck, Rtger ^b   Peters, Thorsten ^c   Bendix, Jrg ^b   Beck, Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

fire ecology; heat effects on rhizome; invasive ferns; Tropical bracken; vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; PTERIDIUM ARACHNOIDEUM; PTERIDIUM CAUDATUM;

EID: 78649528926     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-09-00031.1     Document Type: Article

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