Native plant diversity resists invasion at both low and high resource levels

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2651-2661

  Maron, John ^a   Marler, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Centaurea maculosa; Diversity invasibility; Exotic species; Grassland; Resource additions; Soil nitrogen; Spotted knapweed

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GRASSLAND; HERB; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA;

NITROGEN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SOIL;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 38449091548     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1993.1     Document Type: Article

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