Rare species loss alters ecosystem function - Invasion resistance

Ecology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 358-365

  Lyons, K G ^a   Schwartz, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ecosystem process; Invasion; Lolium multiflorum; Rare species; Removal; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0034879220     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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