Plant diversity, herbivory and resistance of a plant community to invasion in Mediterranean annual communities

Oecologia

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 96-104

  Prieur Richard, Anne Hélène ^a   Lavorel, Sandra ^a   Linhart, Yan B ^b   Dos Santos, Anabelle ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conyza bonariensis; Conyza canadensis; Diversity; Herbivory; Invasion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HERBIVORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; CONYZA; CONYZA BONARIENSIS; CONYZA CANADENSIS; FABACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 0036941547     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100774     Document Type: Article

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