Litter legacy increases the competitive advantage of invasive Phragmites australis in New England wetlands

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 423-433

  Holdredge, Christine ^b   Bertness, Mark D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Intraspecific interactions; Invasive species; Juncus gerardii; Monoculture; Tidal marsh; Wetland management

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; COEXISTENCE; DOMINANCE; GRASS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF LITTER; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MONOCULTURE; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

JUNCUS; JUNCUS GERARDII; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 78651227715     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9836-2     Document Type: Article

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