Fire-driven alien invasion in a fire-adapted ecosystem

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1043-1052

  Keeley, Jon E ^a,b   Brennan, Teresa J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien plants; Crown fires; Fire feedbacks; Fire regimes; Type conversion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION SIZE; REGENERATION; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TIME FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ADENOSTOMA FASCICULATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 84864277004     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2253-8     Document Type: Article

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