The natives are restless, but not often and mostly when disturbed

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 598-607

  Simberloff, Daniel ^a   Souza, Lara ^a   Nũnez, Martín A ^a   Barrios Garcia, M Noelia ^a   Bunn, Windy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fire suppression; Introduced species; Invasion; Native invader; Nonnative; Succession

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HYDROLOGY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIVESTOCK; NATIVE SPECIES; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860232783     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1232.1     Document Type: Article

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