The small-scale spatiotemporal pattern of the seedbank and vegetation of a highly invasive weed, Centaurea solstitialis: Strength in numbers

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 428-436

  Lortie, Christopher J ^a   Munshaw, Michael ^a   DiTomaso, Joseph ^b   Hierro, José L ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DICOTYLEDON; GEOSTATISTICS; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; SEED BANK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEED;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA SOLSTITIALIS;

EID: 80054828591     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17962.x     Document Type: Article

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