Fluctuating resource availability increases invasibility in microbial microcosms

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 435-441

  Li, Wei ^a,b   Stevens, M Henry H ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIBILITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RESIDENT POPULATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 84857643214     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19762.x     Document Type: Article

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