The effects of nitrogen addition on the growth of two exotic and two native forest understory plants

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2203-2216

  Ross, Kristen A ^a,b   Ehrenfeld, Joan G ^a   Patel, Manisha V ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Berberis thunbergii; Forest understory; Invasive species; Microstegium vimineum; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; COEXISTENCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GRASS; GROWTH; GROWTH RESPONSE; INVASIVE SPECIES; ION; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED PRODUCTION; UNDERSTORY;

BERBERIS; BERBERIS THUNBERGII; HAMAMELIS; HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA; MICROSTEGIUM; MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM PALLIDUM;

EID: 80052811705     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0034-7     Document Type: Article

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