Treefall gaps required for establishment, but not survival, of invasive Rubus phoenicolasius in deciduous forest, Maryland, USA

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-234

  Gorchov, David L ^a,b   Thompson, Emily ^c,d   O'Neill, Jay ^b   Whigham, Dennis ^b   Noe, Douglas A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification and regression tree analysis; Invasive non native plants; Recruitment; Rubus phoenicolasius; Seedling establishment; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

RUBUS; RUBUS PHOENICOLASIUS;

EID: 80051726617     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2011.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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