Determinants of the abundance of invasive annual weeds: Community structure and non-equilibrium dynamics

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1448, 2000, Pages 1153-1161

  Freckleton, R P ^a   Watkinson, A R ^a   Dowling, P M ^b   Leys, A R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^c NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Invasion dynamics; Long term dynamics; Resource competition; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WEED;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENT; GRASS; LEGUME; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; WEATHER;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM RIGIDUM; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM SUBTERRANEUM; VULPIA; VULPIA BROMOIDES;

EID: 0034616859     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1122     Document Type: Article

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