Elton revisited: A review of evidence linking diversity and invasibility

Oikos

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-26

  Levine, Jonathan M ^a   D'Antonio, Carla M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0032711321     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546992     Document Type: Short Survey

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