Impact of invasions by alien plants on soil seed bank communities: Emerging patterns

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 132-142

  Gioria, Margherita ^a   Jarošík, Vojtěch ^a,b   Pyšek, Petr ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Invasibility; Persistence; Plant community; Resilience; Secondary invasions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899949983     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2014.03.003     Document Type: Review

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