Reductions in grassland species evenness increase dicot seedling invasion and spittle bug infestation

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 676-684

  Wilsey, Brian J ^a   Polley, H Wayne ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; POACEAE; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS;

EID: 0036741234     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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