The relationship between community diversity and exotic plants: Cause or consequence of invasion?

Invasive Plants: Ecological and Agricultural Aspects

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 97-114

  Meiners, Scott J ^a   Cadenasso, Mary L ^b,c  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/3-7643-7380-6_6     Document Type: Chapter

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