Effects of alien plants on ecosystem structure and functioning and implications for restoration: Insights from three degraded sites in South African fynbos

Environmental Management

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-69

  Gaertner, Mirijam ^a   Richardson, David M ^a   Privett, Sean D J ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Flower Valley Conservation Trust   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Degradation; Invasive species; Nutrient enrichment; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACACIA SPECIES; ACTIVE RESTORATION; ALIEN PLANTS; ALIEN SPECIES; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DEGRADED SITES; ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS; HOT SPOT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE PLANTS; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OLD-FIELD; REFERENCE SITES; SEED BANK; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; DEGRADATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENTS; RESTORATION; SOILS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

TRACE ELEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FYNBOS; HABITAT RESTORATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EUCALYPTUS; GRASS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACRONUTRIENT; MULCH; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT SEED; PLANTATION; POPULATION RECOVERY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES HABITAT; VEGETATION;

ACACIA; ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PENNISETUM; SEEDS; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE;

AGULHAS PLAIN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ACACIA; EUCALYPTUS; PENNISETUM CLANDESTINUM;

EID: 79959378567     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9675-7     Document Type: Article

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