The intermediate disturbance hypothesis and plant invasions: Implications for species richness and management

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-241

  Catford, Jane A ^a   Daehler, Curtis C ^b   Murphy, Helen T ^c   Sheppard, Andy W ^c   Hardesty, Britta D ^c   Westcott, David A ^c   Rejmánek, Marcel ^d   Bellingham, Peter J ^e   Pergl, Jan ^f   Horvitz, Carol C ^g   Hulme, Philip E ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^f INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^g Department of Biology   (United States)

^h LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alien species; Biological diversity; Community ecology; Life history tradeoffs; Species coexistence; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860833944     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2011.12.002     Document Type: Note

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