Apparent competition with an invasive plant hastens the extinction of an endangered lupine

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2261-2271

  Dangremond, Emily M ^a,b   Pardini, Eleanor A ^a   Knight, Tiffany M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MC 3140 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ammophila arenaria; Apparent competition; Biotic homogenization; Coastal dune ecosystems; Life table response experiment; Lupinus tidestromii; Matrix population model; Peromyscus maniculatus; Point reyes national seashore, Northern California, USA

Indexed keywords

APPARENT COMPETITION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DUNE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTINCTION; GRASS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEGUME; LIFE TABLE; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LUPIN; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LUPINUS; PEROMYSCUS; POACEAE;

CALIFORNIA; POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE; UNITED STATES;

AMMOPHILA ARENARIA; LUPINUS TIDESTROMII; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; POACEAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 77955451951     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0418.1     Document Type: Article

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