A test of the effects of functional group richness and composition on grassland invasibility

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-109

  Symstad, Amy J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cedar Creek Natural History Area; Community assembly; Community composition; Disturbance; Diversity; Ecosystem properties; Grassland; Invasion; Minnesota, USA; Plant functional groups

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0033973164     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0099:ATOTEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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