The rich generally get richer, but there are exceptions: Correlations between species richness of native plant species and alien weeds in Mexico

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 10, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 399-407

  Espinosa García, Francisco J ^a   Villaseñor, José Luis ^b   Vibrans, Heike ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Biotic resistance; Mexico; Plant invasions; Weed species

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CULTIVATION; NATIVE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; WEED;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 4644309550     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2004.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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