Is invasion success explained by the enemy release hypothesis?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 721-733

  Colautti, Robert I ^a   Ricciardi, Anthony ^b   Grigorovich, Igor A ^a   MacIsaac, Hugh J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enemy inversion hypothesis; Enemy of my enemy hypothesis; Enemy release hypothesis; Exotic species; Increased susceptibility hypothesis; Invasion success; Non indigenous species

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NATURAL ENEMY; PATHOGEN;

EID: 3843069726     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00616.x     Document Type: Review

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