Herbivores and the success of exotic plants: A phylogenetically controlled experiment

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 712-715

  Agrawal, Anurag A ^a   Kotanen, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congeneric pairs; Exotics and aliens; Herbivory; Invasive species; Plant invasions; Plant insect interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 0043130164     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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