Restoration through reassembly: plant traits and invasion resistance

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 695-703

  Funk, Jennifer L ^a   Cleland, Elsa E ^b   Suding, Katherine N ^c   Zavaleta, Erika S ^d  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANT; REVIEW;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS;

EID: 55249086921     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.07.013     Document Type: Review

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