The introduced tree Prosopis juliflora is a serious threat to native species of the Brazilian Caatinga vegetation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 481, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 108-113

  de Souza Nascimento, Clóvis Eduardo ^a,b   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^c   da Silva, Carlos Alberto Domingues ^d,e   Leal, Inara Roberta ^c   de Souza Tavares, Wagner ^f   Serrão, José Eduardo ^f   Zanuncio, José Cola ^f  

^a EMBRAPA SEMIÁRIDO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Competition; Plant growth and mortality; Plant invasion

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT INVASION; RURAL SUSTAINABILITY; SEEDLING MORTALITY; WOODY PLANT SPECIES;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CAATINGA; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GROWTH RATE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; TREE; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CAESALPINIA; CAESALPINIA FERREA; CAESALPINIA MICROPHYLLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOLONIZATION; ERYTHRINA; ERYTHRINA VELUTINA; MIMOSA; MIMOSA BIMUCRONATA; MIMOSA TENUIFLORA; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PLANT STRUCTURES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA; SOWING; VEGETATION;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION; FORESTRY; PLANTS;

BRAZIL;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION; PLANT GROWTH AND MORTALITY; PLANT INVASION;

BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PROSOPIS;

EID: 84896896150     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.019     Document Type: Article

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