Diversity reduces invasibility in experimental plant communities: The role of plant species

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 910-918

  Van Ruijven, Jasper ^a   De Deyn, Gerlinde B ^b   Berendse, Frank ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Centaurea jacea; Invasion resistance; Leucanthemum vulgare; Negative interactions; Plant feeding nematodes; Plant specific effects; Sampling effect; Species richness

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; INVASIBILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA JACEA; LEUCANTHEMUM; LEUCANTHEMUM VULGARE; NEMATODA;

EID: 0141706932     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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