Acacia longifolia invasion impacts vegetation structure and regeneration dynamics in open dunes and pine forests

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1099-1113

  Rascher, Katherine G ^a   Grosse Stoltenberg A ^b   Máguas, Cristina ^c   Meira Neto, João Augusto Alves ^c   Werner, Christiane ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acacia; Community structure; Mediterranean dune ecosystem; Plant diversity; Plant invasion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DUNE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LIGHT EFFECT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

PORTUGAL;

ACACIA; ACACIA LONGIFOLIA;

EID: 79955004708     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-9949-2     Document Type: Article

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