Invasion patterns across multiple scales by hieracium species over 25 years in tussock grasslands of new zealand's south island

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 559-570

  Day, Nicola J ^a   Buckley, Hannah L ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hieracium lepidulum; Hieracium pilosella; Hieracium praealtum; Hierarchical bayesian model; Invasion; New zealand; Tussock grassland

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; DATA SET; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY; SAMPLING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

HIERACIUM; HIERACIUM LEPIDULUM; HIERACIUM PILOSELLA; HIERACIUM PRAEALTUM;

EID: 79960830326     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02191.x     Document Type: Article

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