Plant functional traits of a shrub invader relative to sympatric native shrubs

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Zinnert, Julie C ^a,b   Shiflett, Sheri A ^a   Vick, Jaclyn K ^a   Young, Donald R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Army Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Clethra alnifolia; Elaeagnus umbellata; Electron transport rate; Fort A.P. Hill Virginia; Functional traits; Hydraulic conductivity; Nitrogen; Vaccinium corymbosum; Water use efficiency; Woody expansion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901049295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00111.1     Document Type: Article

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