Phylogenetically poor plant communities receive more alien species, which more easily coexist with natives

American Naturalist

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 668-680

  Gerhold, Pille ^a   Pärtel, Meelis ^a   Tackenberg, Oliver ^b   Hennekens, Stephan M ^c   Bartish, Igor ^d,e   Schaminée, Joop H J ^c   Fergus, Alexander J F ^d,f   Ozinga, Wim A ^c,g   Prinzing, Andreas ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alien species; Community assembly; Functional traits; Invasions; Phylogenetic diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; DATABASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; META ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955371623     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659059     Document Type: Article

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