Invasion-resistance in experimental grassland communities: Species richness or species identity?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 140-148

  Crawley, Michael J ^a   Brown, Susan L ^a   Heard, Matt S ^a   Edwards, Grant R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alopecurus; Anthoxantum; Arrhenatherum; Assembly; Biodiversity; Competition; Festuc a; Invasibility; Methyl bromide; Seeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033042727     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1999.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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