Seasonal priority effects: Implications for invasion and restoration in a semi-arid system

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 234-241

  Wainwright, Claire E ^a   Wolkovich, Elizabeth M ^a   Cleland, Elsa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Community ecology; Ecological restoration; Exotic annual grass; Germination; Invasive species; Phenology; Rainfall; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL PLANT; ASSEMBLY RULE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GERMINATION; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; HABITAT RESTORATION; HERBIVORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIORITIZATION; RAINFALL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SCRUB; SEASONALITY; SEMIARID REGION; SURVIVAL;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 84855971765     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02088.x     Document Type: Article

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