Effects of exotic grass invasion on spatial heterogeneity in the ground-layer of grassy woodlands

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 203-213

  Lindsay, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Cunningham, Saul A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basal plant area; Grass invasion; Homogeneous vegetation; Interplant distance; Plant density

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; GAP DYNAMICS; GRASS; HETEROGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); VEGETATION COVER; WEED; WOODLAND;

JUNCUS; POACEAE;

EID: 85027941626     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-9997-7     Document Type: Article

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