Invasibility: The local mechanism driving community assembly and species diversity

Ecography

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 696-704

  Davis, Mark A ^a   Thompson, Ken ^b   Grime, J Philip ^b  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INVASIBILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 26844545332     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2005.0906-7590.04205.x     Document Type: Review

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