Propagule pressure, not fire or cattle grazing, promotes invasion of buffel grass Cenchrus ciliaris

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 138-146

  Fensham, Rod J ^a,b   Donald, Sam ^a   Dwyer, John M ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle grazing; Exotic grass; Facilitation; Grass fire cycle; Savanna; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANOPY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SAVANNA; SOIL NUTRIENT; SURVEYING;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

BOS; CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; POACEAE;

EID: 84873174641     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12009     Document Type: Article

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