Short-term response of native flora to the removal of non-native shrubs in mixed-hardwood forests of Indiana, USA

Forests

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1878-1896

  Shields, Joshua M ^a   Saunders, Michael R ^a   Gibson, Kevin D ^a   Zollner, Patrick A ^a   Dunning, John B ^a   Jenkins, Michael A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amur honeysuckle; Indiana; Invasive plants; Lonicera maackii; Spring ephemerals; Wilcoxon tests

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY;

AMUR HONEYSUCKLE; INDIANA; INVASIVE PLANTS; LONICERA MAACKII; WILCOXON TEST;

HARDWOODS;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FLORA; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SHRUB; SPRING WATER;

FORESTS; HARDWOODS; PLANTS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

INDIANA; UNITED STATES;

ALLIARIA PETIOLATA; LONICERA MAACKII;

EID: 84933566352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f6061878     Document Type: Article

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