Dominance not richness determines invasibility of tallgrass prairie

Oikos

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-262

  Smith, Melinda D ^a,b   Wilcox, Julia C ^c   Kelly, Theresa ^c   Knapp, Alan K ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; PRAIRIE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MELILOTUS; MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS; POACEAE;

EID: 4043115676     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.13057.x     Document Type: Article

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