Battle of the giants: Primary and secondary invasions by large herbaceous species

Biology and Environment

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1-17

  Gioria, Margherita ^a   Dieterich, Burkart ^a   Osborne, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUNNERA TINCTORIA; POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM;

EID: 84856306136     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/BIOE.2011.14     Document Type: Article

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