Cuscuta australis restrains three exotic invasive plants and benefits native species

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 747-756

  Yu, Hua ^a,b   Liu, Jian ^c   He, Wei Ming ^a   Miao, Shi Li ^a   Dong, Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological control; Community recovery; Exotic invasive plant; Host parasite interaction; Native agent

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DICOTYLEDON; GROWTH RATE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PARASITIC PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA AUSTRALIS; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA CAIRICA; MIKANIA; MIKANIA MICRANTHA; WEDELIA; WEDELIA TRILOBATA;

EID: 79751537542     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9865-x     Document Type: Article

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