Resource-use efficiency and plant invasion in low-resource systems

Nature

Volumn 446, Issue 7139, 2007, Pages 1079-1081

  Funk, Jennifer L ^a   Vitousek, Peter M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; WATER;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; GROWTH FORM; HABITAT QUALITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; WATER STRESS;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES HABITAT; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247621745     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05719     Document Type: Article

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