Invasive alien plants elicit reduced production of flowers and fruits in various native forest species on the tropical island of Mauritius (Mascarenes, Indian Ocean)

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-49

  Monty, M L Fabiola ^a   Florens, F B Vincent ^a   Baider, Cláudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^b The Mauritius Herbarium R E Vaughan Building   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Conservation management; Invasive plants; Native plants; Phenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875145417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291300600107     Document Type: Article

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