Responses of native and non-native Mojave Desert winter annuals to soil disturbance and water additions

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 215-227

  Suazo, Alexis A ^a   Spencer, Jessica E ^a,b   Engel, E Cayenne ^a   Abella, Scott R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b US Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica tournefortii; Invasibility; Invasiveness; Nitrogen; Precipitation; Resource pulse; Schismus

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVASIVENESS; LIMITING FACTOR; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL PROFILE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA TOURNEFORTII; CHAENACTIS; ERIOPHYLLUM; SCHISMUS;

EID: 85027945386     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-9998-6     Document Type: Article

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