The importance of quantifying propagule pressure to understand invasion: An examination of riparian forest invasibility

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1314-1322

  Eschtruth, Anne K ^a   Battles, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Disturbance; Diversity; Ecological resistance; Exotic plants; Invasibility; Plant invasions; Propagule pressure; Riparian forests; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIPARIAN FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UPLAND REGION;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BERBERIS; BIODIVERSITY; BRASSICACEAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POACEAE; POPULATION GROWTH; RIVER;

ANGIOSPERMS; BERBERIS; BIODIVERSITY; BRASSICACEAE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POACEAE; POPULATION GROWTH; RIVERS;

EID: 79959917920     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0857.1     Document Type: Article

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