Intra and interspecific competition among invasive and native species during early stages of plant growth

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 531-542

  Mangla, Seema ^a,c   Sheley, Roger L ^b   James, Jeremy J ^b   Radosevich, Steven R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diallel design; Harvest time; Interspecific competition; Intraspecific competition; Nitrogen; Restoration

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT RESTORATION; HARVESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYTOMASS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

POA; POA SECUNDA; POACEAE; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA; TAENIATHERUM CAPUT-MEDUSAE;

EID: 79952747312     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-9909-z     Document Type: Article

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