Resistance to Centaurea solstitialis invasion from annual and perennial grasses in California and Argentina

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2249-2259

  Hierro, José L ^a   Lortie, Christopher J ^b   Villarreal, Diego ^a   Estanga Mollica, María E ^a   Callaway, Ragan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic resistance; Empty niche hypothesis; Functional groups; Invasibility; Plant removal experiments; Seed addition experiments

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOTIC FACTOR; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; FIELDWORK; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; INVASIBILITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SEED; SOIL WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARGENTINA; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA SOLSTITIALIS; POACEAE;

EID: 80052801339     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0037-4     Document Type: Article

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