TY  - JOUR
A1  - Williams, Moira C.
A1  - Wardle, Glenda M.
T1  - The influence of vegetation structure and composition on invasibility by Pinus radiata in the Blue Mountains, NSW
T2  - Cunninghamia : a journal of plant ecology for eastern Australia
N2  - The exotic tree species Pinus radiata D. Don (in the family Pinaceae) has successfully spread from commercial plantations into adjacent vegetation in southeastern Australia. Identifying factors facilitating spread will aid the control of current invasions and the prediction of future invasion events. The structure and composition of vegetation can have an important role in determining community resilience to invasion. Two dry eucalypt sclerophyll woodlands in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney known to be invaded by Pinus radiata were surveyed to investigate the influence of eucalypt presence, species diversity, species composition and vegetation cover on the extent and density of invasion. Relationships between community characteristics and the level of pine invasion were weak and variable. Pines were found growing in plots with 0–70% understorey cover and 5–90% ground cover, and in areas of both high and low eucalypt diversity and presence, illustrating the high invasion potential of Pinus radiata.
Y1  - 2005
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/31281
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-312816
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
SP  - 285
EP  - 294
ER  -