Mechanisms underlying the impacts of exotic plant invasions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1517, 2003, Pages 775-781

  Levine, Jonathan M ^a,b   Vilà, Montserrat ^c   D'Antonio, Carla M ^d   Dukes, Jeffrey S ^e   Grigulis, Karl ^f   Lavorel, Sandra ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Community structure; Ecosystem processes; Exotic plants; Impact

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INVASIBILITY;

ALLELOPATHY; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXOTIC SPECIES; HYDROLOGY; NITROGEN CYCLING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES INVASION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037461260     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2327     Document Type: Review

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