Realistic plant species losses reduce invasion resistance in a California serpentine grassland

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 723-731

  Selmants, Paul C ^a   Zavaleta, Erika S ^a   Pasari, Jae R ^a   Hernandez, Daniel L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community structure; Ecosystem functioning; Exotic species; Invasion ecology; Non random species losses; Species loss order; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; NATIVE SPECIES; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL DEPTH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859726395     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01949.x     Document Type: Article

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