Factors that limit the emergence and establishment of the related aliens Senecio inaequidens and Senecio pterophorus and the native Senecio malacitanus in Mediterranean climate

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1346-1355

  Garcia Serrano, Hèctor ^a   Escarré, Josep ^b   Sans, F Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Alien invasive; Disturbance; Emergence; Seed or site limitation; Senecio; Water addition

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; OCEAN HABITATS; SEED; WATER;

SENECIO INAEQUIDENS D.C.; SENECIO PTEROPHORUS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT TYPE; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY;

BIOMASS; PLANTS; SHRUBS; WATER;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

SENECIO; SENECIO INAEQUIDENS; SENECIO MALACITANUS; SENECIO PTEROPHORUS;

EID: 9344266885     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B04-097     Document Type: Article

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