Mutualism-disrupting allelopathic invader drives carbon stress and vital rate decline in a forest perennial herb

AoB PLANTS

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Brouwer, Nathan L ^a   Hale, Alison N ^a   Kalisz, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelochemicals; Alliaria petiolata; Carbon stress carbon starvation; Maianthemum racemosum; Mutualism disruption; Root fungal symbiont; Species invasion; Vital rates

Indexed keywords

ALLIARIA; ALLIARIA PETIOLATA; HESPERIS MATRONALIS; MAIANTHEMUM; SMILACINA RACEMOSA;

EID: 84939794549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plv014     Document Type: Article

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