Persistence of a soil legacy following removal of a nitrogen-fixing invader

Biological Invasions

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2621-2631

  Grove, Sara ^a   Parker, Ingrid M ^a   Haubensak, Karen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Cytisusscoparius; Douglas fir; Forestry; Nitrogen enrichment; Scotch broom; Scot s broom; Secondary invasions; Soil recovery; Temporal invasion impacts

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS TREE; FIELD METHOD; FORESTRY; HERBICIDE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERSISTENCE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SEEDLING; SHRUB;

CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; POACEAE; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84938988629     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: 15731464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-015-0900-9     Document Type: Article

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