The association of two invasive shrubs, common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) and Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica), with oak communities in the midwestern United States

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1981-1992

  Schulte, Lisa A ^a   Mottl, Erik C ^a,c   Palik, Brian J ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE REGIME; FOREST EDGE; INVASIVE SHRUB; LIGHT GRADIENTS; MACROCARPA; OAK FORESTS; OAK RECRUITMENTS; OAK REGENERATION; OPEN CANOPIES; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SHRUB SPECIES; SITE CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL NUTRIENT LEVELS; TREE SPECIES; WHITE OAK;

PLANT EXTRACTS;

REFORESTATION;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST EDGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHRUB; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

UNITED STATES;

LONICERA; LONICERA TATARICA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS MACROCARPA; QUERCUS RUBRA; RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS CATHARTICA;

EID: 80055047743     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x11-112     Document Type: Article

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