Invasibility and abiotic gradients: The positive correlation between native and exotic plant diversity

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1848-1855

  Gilbert, Benjamin ^a,b   Lechowicz, Martin J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alien species; Community invasibility; Community saturation; Diversity; Exotic species; Fluctuating resource hypothesis; Invasive species; Niche; Resistance; Resource enrichment hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; INVASIBILITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNDERSTORY;

EID: 21744435990     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-09997     Document Type: Article

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