Disturbance, resource pulses and invasion: Short-term shifts in competitive effects, not growth responses, favour exotic annuals

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 998-1006

  Besaw, Levi M ^a   Thelen, Giles C ^b   Sutherland, Steve ^c   Metlen, Kerry ^b   Callaway, Ragan M ^b  

^a Salish Kootenai College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Annuals; Competition; Fire retardant; Invasion; Nutrient pulse; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RESPONSE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRIORITIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; WEED CONTROL; WILDFIRE;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA STOEBE; POACEAE; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA;

EID: 79959813395     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01988.x     Document Type: Article

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