The role of landscape connectivity in assembling exotic plant communities: a network analysis

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1802-1809

  Minor, Emily S ^a,b   Tessel, Samantha M ^a   Engelhardt, Katharina A M ^a   Lookingbill, Todd R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Biological Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Graph theory; Habitat fragmentation; Invasion; Seed dispersal; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MARYLAND; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TREES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67650666423     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1015.1     Document Type: Article

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