Purple loosestrife suppresses plant species colonization far more than broad-leaved cattail: Experimental evidence with plant community implications

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 225-234

  Hovick, Stephen M ^a,c   Bunker, Daniel E ^b,d   Peterson, Chris J ^a   Carson, Walter P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Akaike's Information Criterion; Competitive effect; Light availability; Lythrum salicaria; Model averaging; Nitrogen enrichment; Per unit biomass; Plant plant interactions; Root competition; Typha latifolia

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MONOCULTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; UNDERSTORY;

ALISMATACEAE; LYSIMACHIA; LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; SAGITTARIA LATIFOLIA; TYPHA; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 78650357311     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01754.x     Document Type: Article

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