Disturbance-induced changes in community composition increase species invasion success

Community Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 245-252

  Kneitel, J M ^a,b   Perrault, D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Container community; Desiccation; Disturbance; Protozoa; Species invasion; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; MICROCOSM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 34347215521     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.7.2006.2.11     Document Type: Article

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