Gone but not forgotten? Invasive plants' legacies on community and ecosystem properties

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-124

  Corbin, Jeffrey D ^a,b   D'Antonio, Carla M ^a,b  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; exotic plants; nonnative plants; nutrient cycling; plant soil interactions; restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858779910     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-11-00005.1     Document Type: Article

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