Performance of established native seedlings in relation to invasive Lantana camara, rainfall and species' habitat preferences in a seasonally dry tropical forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 397-408

  Ramaswami, Geetha ^a   Sukumar, Raman ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Lantana; Mortality; Mudumalai; Relative height growth rate; Seasonal rainfall; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT SELECTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

INDIA; MUDUMALAI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; TAMIL NADU;

CATUNAREGAM SPINOSA; LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA;

EID: 84874541321     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-013-0177-y     Document Type: Article

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