Invasive plant ecology and management : linking processes to practice

Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 13
PART I: ASSESSING ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES AND INVASIVE PLANT IMPACTS......Page 14
1 Managing Invasive Species in Heterogeneous Ecosystems......Page 16
2 Linking Disturbance Regimes, Vegetation Dynamics, and Plant Strategies Across Complex Landscapes to Mitigate and Manage Plant Invasions......Page 32
3 Land-use Legacy Effects of Cultivation on Ecological Processes......Page 49
4 Resource Pool Dynamics: Conditions That Regulate Species Interactions and Dominance......Page 70
5 Invasive Plant Impacts on Soil Properties, Nutrient Cycling, and Microbial Communities......Page 92
PART II: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES TO INFLUENCE ECOSYSTEM CHANGE......Page 118
6 Weather Variability, Ecological Processes, and Optimization of Soil Micro-environment for Rangeland Restoration......Page 120
7 The Effects of Plant-Soil Feedbacks on Invasive Plants: Mechanisms and Potential Management Options......Page 135
8 Species Performance: the Relationship Between Nutrient Availability, Life History Traits, and Stress......Page 155
9 Reducing Invasive Plant Performance: a Precursor to Restoration......Page 167
10 Revegetation: Using Current Technologies and Ecological Knowledge to Manage Site Availability, Species Availability, and Species Performance......Page 189
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