Limiting similarity between invaders and dominant species in herbaceous plant communities?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1027-1035

  Emery, Sarah M ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centaurea maculosa; Community assembly; Diversity; Dominance; Evenness; Grassland; Niche complementarity; Seed addition

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRASSLAND; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; MESOCOSM; NICHE; SEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA;

EID: 34547970525     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01274.x     Document Type: Article

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