Reductions in native grass biomass associated with drought facilitates the invasion of an exotic grass into a model grassland system

Oecologia

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 175-183

  Manea, Anthony ^a   Sloane, Daniel R ^a   Leishman, Michelle R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; CO2; Extreme climatic event; Invasion ecology; Resource availability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GRASS; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; MESOCOSM; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL WATER;

AUSTRALIA; CUMBERLAND PLAIN; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EHRHARTA ERECTA; POACEAE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; SOIL; WATER;

BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISPERSAL; POACEAE; SOIL;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NEW SOUTH WALES; PLANT DISPERSAL; POACEAE; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 84954435333     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3553-1     Document Type: Article

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