Controls on pathogen species richness in plants' introduced and native ranges: Roles of residence time, range size and host traits

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1525-1535

  Mitchell, Charles E ^a   Blumenthal, Dana ^b   Jarošík, Vojtěch ^c,d   Puckett, Emily E ^a   Pyšek, Petr ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; CSR plant resource strategy; Enemy release hypothesis; Introduced species; Invasive species; Parasite diversity; Pathogen species richness; Residence time

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649537883     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01543.x     Document Type: Article

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