Redundant or complementary? Impact of a colonizing species on community structure and function

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1719-1726

  Thibault, Katherine M ^a,b   Ernest, S K Morgan ^c   Brown, James H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENERGY USE; GRANIVORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHAETODIPUS BAILEYI; DIPODOMYS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77958467779     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18378.x     Document Type: Article

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