Exotic plant species invade hot spots of native plant diversity

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-46

  Stohlgren, Thomas J ^a,b   Binkley, Dan ^b   Chong, Geneva W ^a   Kalkhan, Mohammed A ^b   Schell, Lisa D ^b   Bull, Kelly A ^b   Otsuki, Yuka ^b   Newman, Gregory ^b   Bashkin, Michael ^b   Yowhan, Son ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Central Grasslands (USA) plant diversity patterns; Exotic plant invasions; Exotic species richness; Native plant diversity; Rocky Mountains (USA) plant diversity patterns; Spatial autocorrelation; Species composition overlap; Species specific responses; Vegetation sampling, multiscale

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0032967723     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(1999)069[0025:EPSIHS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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