An invasive grass shows colonization advantages over native grasses under conditions of low resource availability

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1117-1130

  Han, Yi ^a   Buckley, Yvonne M ^a,b   Firn, Jennifer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Colonization; Growth traits; Invasive; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COLONIZATION; FLOWERING; GERMINATION; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS CURVULA; ERAGROSTIS ECHINOCHLOIDEA; ERAGROSTIS SORORIA; POACEAE; THEMEDA AUSTRALIS; THEMEDA TRIANDRA;

EID: 84863498955     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0070-0     Document Type: Article

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