Grassland invader responses to realistic changes in native species richness

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1824-1831

  Rinella, Matthew J ^a   Pokorny, Monica L ^b   Rekaya, Romdhane ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Biodiversity; Centaurea maculosa; Forbs; Grasses; Invasibility; Invasion resistance; Local extinction; Spotted knapweed

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; GRASS; INVASIBILITY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PHYTOMASS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA; POACEAE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CENTAUREA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CENTAUREA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 38449089292     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1881.1     Document Type: Article

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