Biotic globalization: Does competition from introduced species threaten biodiversity?

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 481-489

  Davis, Mark A ^a  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Competition; Extinction threats; Fluctuating resource availability hypothesis; Unified neutral theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038581583     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0481:BGDCFI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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