A broad framework to organize and compare ecological invasion impacts

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 899-908

  Thomsen, Mads S ^a,b   Olden, Julian D ^c   Wernberg, Thomas ^b,d   Griffin, John N ^e   Silliman, Brian R ^e  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^e University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Field experiments; Invasions impact; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOTA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FIELD SURVEY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENERALIST; META-ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

AGE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FRESHWATER SPECIES; HABITAT; IMPACT FRAMEWORK; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARINE SPECIES; META ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES INVASION; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80053238844     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.05.024     Document Type: Article

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