The varying success of invaders

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1661-1666

  Williamson, Mark ^a   Fitter, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3042956090     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265769     Document Type: Article

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