Island biogeography extends to small-scale habitats: Low competitor density and richness on islands may drive trait variation in nonnative plants

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2035-2043

  Atwood, Joshua P ^a   Meyerson, Laura A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Density compensation; EICA; ERCA; Invasive plants; Neighbor removal; Plant ecology

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; FIELD SURVEY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PLANT COMMUNITY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051472247     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0019-6     Document Type: Article

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