Environmental Variability and Ontogenetic Niche Shifts in Exotic Plants May Govern Reinvasion Pressure in Restorations of Invaded Ecosystems

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 545-550

  Gabler, Christopher A ^a   Siemann, Evan ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic resistance; Interannual variation; Invasive species control; Optimal management; Propagule pressure; Recruitment limitation; Seed banks

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NICHE; ONTOGENY; PLANT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SITE SELECTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865861704     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2012.00901.x     Document Type: Article

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