Factors explaining alien plant invasion success in a tropical ecosystem differ at each stage of invasion

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 657-665

  Dawson, Wayne ^a,b   Burslem, David F R P ^a   Hulme, Philip E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Climate matching; East Africa; Introduction history; Invasibility; Life history; Rainforest; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GARDEN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; PROPAGULE; RESIDENCE TIME; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67449123637     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01519.x     Document Type: Article

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