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1 July 2005 Invasibility Patterns of Knotgrass (Paspalum distichum) in Portuguese Riparian Habitats
FRANCISCA C. AGUIAR, M. TERESA FERREIRA, ANTÓNIO ALBUQUERQUE, IVAN BERNEZ
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Abstract

Spatial patterns of the exotic riverine knotgrass (Paspalum distichum L.) were examined in Mediterranean river basins in Southwestern Iberia. The major goals of this study were to assess the degree of invasibility of riparian habitats by this species and to determine the influence of environmental factors and human-induced disturbances that this knotgrass has on both the landscape and the habitat scales. The present study demonstrates the ability of knotgrass to invade riparian habitats in Portuguese freshwater ecosystems. However, most of the spatial variation of the knotgrass cover seemed to be driven by local factors, such as fine sediment enrichment and the fragmentation of riparian woods, and by other anthropogenic interferences in relation to both the fluvial system and the surrounding landscape.

Nomenclature: Knotgrass, Paspalum distichum L. #3 PASDS.

Additional index words: Exotic species, human disturbances, environmental variables, PASDS, Mediterranean basin.

FRANCISCA C. AGUIAR, M. TERESA FERREIRA, ANTÓNIO ALBUQUERQUE, and IVAN BERNEZ "Invasibility Patterns of Knotgrass (Paspalum distichum) in Portuguese Riparian Habitats," Weed Technology 19(3), 509-516, (1 July 2005). https://doi.org/10.1614/WT-04-080R.1
Published: 1 July 2005
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