Invasive exotic grasses and seed arrival limit native species establishment in an old-field grassland succession

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2531-2544

  Tognetti, Pedro M ^a   Chaneton, Enrique J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Invasion impact; Novel ecosystems; Removal experiment; Richness; Seed addition

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIMITING FACTOR; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

CYNODON DACTYLON; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; POACEAE; SORGHUM (GENUS); SORGHUM HALEPENSE;

EID: 84868315619     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0249-2     Document Type: Article

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