Soil properties and exotic plant invasions: a two-way street

Joan G. Ehrenfeld

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Soil properties and exotic plant invasions: a two-way street

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Joan G. Ehrenfeld

Year:

2003

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Fosbroke, Sandra L.C.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2002; 2002 January 15-18; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-300. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 18-19.

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Abstract

Invasions of exotic plant species have become not only widespread but also a major threat to the health of native ecosystems. In order to manage these invasions, it is important to understand the changes that exotic plants may cause in the environment, and the signs that such changes are taking place.

Parent Publication

Economies of Scale and Forest Management in Mississippi

Citation

Ehrenfeld, Joan G. 2003. Soil properties and exotic plant invasions: a two-way street. In: Fosbroke, Sandra L.C.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2002; 2002 January 15-18; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-300. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 18-19.