Allelopathic effects of the invasive Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC. on selected native plant species in mIddle Awash, Southern Afar Rift of Ethiopia

Management of Biological Invasions

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-114

  Getachew, Samuel ^a   Demissew, Sebsebe ^b   Woldemariam, Tadesse ^c  

^a ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Environment and Coffee Forest Forum   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Aqueous extract; Canopy closure; Germination percentage; Plant diversity; Seedling growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897753206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19898649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/mbi.2012.3.2.05     Document Type: Article

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