Consumers and establishment limitations contribute more than competitive interactions in sustaining dominance of the exotic herb garlic mustard in a Wisconsin, USA forest

Biological Invasions

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2691-2706

  Dornbush, Mathew E ^a   Hahn, Philip G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliaria petiolata; Invasive species control; Lowland deciduous forest; Propagule limitation; Restoration ecology; Selective browsing

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEER; DOMINANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; INVASIVE SPECIES; PROPAGULE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84888054512     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0484-1     Document Type: Article

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