Ecological resistance, seed density and their interactions determine patterns of invasion in a California coastal grassland

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 160-170

  Thomsen, Meredith A ^a   D'Antonio, Carla M ^b   Suttle, Kenwyn B ^a   Sousa, Wayne P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Competition; Exotic; Invasibility; Mediterranean; Propagule supply; Water availability

Indexed keywords

WATER;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GRASSLAND; INVASIBILITY; PROPAGULE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HOLCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEASON; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; HOLCUS; SEASONS; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HOLCUS; HOLCUS LANATUS; POACEAE;

EID: 33644948312     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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