Linking field based studies with greenhouse experiments: The impact of Centaurea stoebe (=C. maculosa) in British Columbia grasslands

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 919-931

  May, L ^a,b   Baldwin, L K ^a  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

( ) Catechin; Allelopathy; Centaurea maculosa; Centaurea stoebe; Grassland; Invasion; Knapweed; Phytotoxin

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLELOPATHY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHYTOTOXICITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA; CENTAUREA STOEBE;

EID: 79952630721     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9879-4     Document Type: Article

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