Natural-enemy release facilitates habitat expansion of the invasive tropical shrub Clidemia hirta

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 471-483

  DeWalt, Saara J ^a,b   Denslow, Julie S ^a,c   Ickes, Kalan ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biological control; Clidemia hirta; Costa Rica; Enemy release hypothesis; Fungal pathogens; Habitat distribution; Hawaii; Herbivory; Invasive species; Neotropical shrub

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISEASE; GROWTH; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORY; LIMITING FACTOR; NATURAL ENEMY; SURVIVAL;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CLIDEMIA; CLIDEMIA HIRTA; CURCULIONIDAE; HAWAIIA; INSECTA; MELASTOMATACEAE; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 1542778491     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0728     Document Type: Article

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