Are invasive plant species better competitors than native plant species? - Evidence from pair-wise experiments

Oikos

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 229-238

  Vilà, Montserrat ^a   Weiner, Jacob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 1942521236     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12682.x     Document Type: Review

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