Impact of the invasive shrub Lonicera maackii on stand transpiration and ecosystem hydrology in a wetland forest

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 671-680

  Boyce, Richard L ^a   Durtsche, Richard D ^a   Fugal, S Lincoln ^a  

^a NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Invasive plants; Kentucky; Sap flow

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BASAL AREA; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EMBANKMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HEAT BALANCE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE CYCLE; SAP FLOW; SHRUB; TEMPERATE FOREST; TRANSPIRATION; TREE; VINE; WETLAND;

KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; LONICERA; LONICERA MAACKII;

EID: 84858004604     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0108-6     Document Type: Article

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