Characterizing ecosystem-level consequences of biological invasions: The role of ecosystem engineers

Oikos

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-166

  Crooks, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPLEXITY; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0036313885     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.970201.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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