Effects of flood timing and livestock grazing on exotic annual plants in riverine floodplains

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1131-1139

  Lunt, Ian D ^a   Jansen, Amy ^a   Binns, Doug L ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental water; Exotic plant species; Invasion ecology; Mediterranean annuals; River restoration

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL PLANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT RESTORATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE CYCLE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NATIVE SPECIES; REPLACEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WETLAND;

EID: 84866561170     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02176.x     Document Type: Article

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