Assessing why two introduced conyza differ in their ability to invade mediterranean old fields

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 791-804

  Thébaud, Christophe ^a,b   Finzi, Adrien C ^a,c   Affre, Laurence ^a   Debussche, Max ^a   Escarre, Josep ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual plants; Competition; Competitive ability; Conyza canadensis; Conyza sumatrensis; Distribution; Invasion; Invertebrate herbivory; Life history; Mediterranean old fields; Resource availability; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001534289     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265502     Document Type: Article

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