The invasion paradox: Reconciling pattern and process in species invasions

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-17

  Fridley, J D ^a,j   Stachowicz, J J ^b   Naeem, S ^c   Sax, D F ^d   Seabloom, E W ^e   Smith, M D ^f   Stohlgren, T J ^g   Tilman, D ^h   Von Holle, B ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Exotic; Invasibility; Native; Nonindigenous; Scale; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HABITAT RESTORATION; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 34247113596     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2007)88[3:TIPRPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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