Why alien invaders succeed: Support for the escape-from-enemy hypothesis

American Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 705-711

  Wolfe, Lorne M ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aliens; Hadena; Herbivory; Invasion; Microbotryum; Silene latifolia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; NATURAL ENEMY;

APHIDIDAE; FUNGI; GASTROPODA; MICROBOTRYUM; SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA;

EID: 0036929551     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/343872     Document Type: Article

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