The influence of soil resources and plant traits on invasion and restoration in a subtropical woodland

Plant Ecology

Volumn 218, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1149-1161

  Yelenik, Stephanie G ^a   D’Antonio, Carla M ^b   August Schmidt, Elizabeth ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Invasion; N fixation; Nitrogen; Plant traits; Priority effects; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARBON; EXPERIMENT; GRASS; LEAF AREA; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SURVIVAL; WOODLAND;

ACACIA KOA; MORELLA FAYA; POACEAE;

EID: 85027674992     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: 15735052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-017-0757-3     Document Type: Article

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