Use of a native matrix species to facilitate understory restoration in an overbrowsed, invaded woodland

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 219-230

  Martinez, Joshua A ^a   Dornbush, Mathew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Interspecific competition; Invasive plants; Seed addition; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

AGERATINA; AGERATINA ALTISSIMA; ALLIARIA PETIOLATA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; CERVIDAE; ELYMUS; ELYMUS VIRGINICUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 84878734771     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-12-00062.1     Document Type: Article

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