Facilitation cascade drives positive relationship between native biodiversity and invasion success

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1269-1275

  Altieri, Andrew H ^a   Van Wesenbeeck, Breche K ^b   Bertness, Mark D ^a   Silliman, Brian R ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem engineer; Facilitation cascade; Foundation species; Invasion paradox; Invasive species; Marine conservation; Nonlinear ecological interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COEXISTENCE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACILITATION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION REGULATION; SHORELINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVE; BRACHYURA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POACEAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVIA; BRACHYURA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; POACEAE; RHODE ISLAND;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951837278     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1301.1     Document Type: Article

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