Subtle differences in two non-native congeneric beach grasses significantly affect their colonization, spread, and impact

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 138-148

  Hacker, Sally D ^a   Zarnetske, Phoebe ^a   Seabloom, Eric ^a   Ruggiero, Peter ^a   Mull, Jeremy ^a   Gerrity, Shawn ^a   Jones, Colin ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL PROTECTION; COLONIZATION; DOMINANCE; DUNE; FACILITATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GRASS; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INHIBITION; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

AMMOPHILA ARENARIA; AMMOPHILA BREVILIGULATA; ARENARIA (CARYOPHYLLACEAE); ELYMUS; LEYMUS MOLLIS; POACEAE;

EID: 84355163094     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.18887.x     Document Type: Article

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