Performance Comparisons of Co-Occurring Native and Alien Invasive Plants: Implications for Conservation and Restoration

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 34, Issue , 2003, Pages 183-211

  Daehler, Curtis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Fecundity; Growth rate; Invasive plants; Native plants

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COMPETITIVE ABILITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES;

EID: 0842301561     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.34.011802.132403     Document Type: Review

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