Plant traits and temporal scale: Evidence from a 5-year invasion experiment using native species

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1054-1060

  Thompson, Ken ^a   Hodgson, John G ^a   Grime, J Philip ^a   Burke, Michael J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BCCIL; Disturbance; Fertility; Functional types; Herbivory; Invasibility; Limestone grassland; Plant traits; Seed size

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISTURBANCE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRODUCTIVITY;

POACEAE;

EID: 0035660468     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-0477 .2001.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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