A meta-analysis of biotic resistance to exotic plant invasions

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 975-989

  Levine, Jonathan M ^a   Adler, Peter B ^a   Yelenik, Stephanie G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Fungal community; Herbivory; Invasion; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIBILITY; NATURAL ENEMY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 5344232832     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00657.x     Document Type: Review

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