Lantana camara invasion in a heterogeneous landscape: Patterns of spread and correlation with changes in native vegetation

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1127-1141

  Sundaram, Bharath ^a,b   Hiremath, Ankila J ^a  

^a ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Heterogeneous landscapes; Lantana camara

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERSITY INDEX; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

LANTANA CAMARA;

EID: 84861014106     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0144-2     Document Type: Article

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