Non-target effects of invasive species management: Beachgrass, birds, and bulldozers in coastal dunes

Ecosphere

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Zarnetske, Phoebe L ^a   Seabloom, Eric W ^b   Hacker, Sally D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammophila arenaria; Ammophila breviligulata; Beachgrass; Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus; Coastal dune; Ecosystem engineer; Invasive species; Oregon; Restoration; Targeted management; Threatened species; Washington

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955489594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES10-00101.1     Document Type: Article

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