Biotic resistance via granivory: Establishment by invasive, naturalized, and native asters reflects generalist preference

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1748-1757

  Pearson, Dean E ^a,b   Callaway, Ragan M ^b   Maron, John L ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic resistance; Centaurea maculosa; Centaurea stoebe; Chemical defense; Feeding trials; Peromyscus maniculatus; Recruitment; Seed addition; Seed mass; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; GENERALIST; GRANIVORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LABORATORY METHOD; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL ENEMY; NATURALIZATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RODENT; SEED PREDATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PEROMYSCUS; PLANTS; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CENTAUREA MACULOSA; CENTAUREA STOEBE; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 80051860629     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0164.1     Document Type: Article

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