Spatial heterogeneity explains the scale dependence of the native-exotic diversity relationship

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1602-1610

  Davies, Kendi F ^a   Chesson, Peter ^a   Harrison, Susan ^a   Inouye, Brian D ^a,b   Melbourne, Brett A ^a   Rice, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; California (USA) grassland; Coexistence; Competitive exclusion; Diversity invasibility paradox; Gamma diversity; Invasion; Serpentine soil; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HETEROGENEITY; INVASIBILITY; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 20444378147     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1196     Document Type: Article

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