The paradox of invasion in birds: Competitive superiority or ecological opportunism?

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 553-564

  Sol, Daniel ^a,b   Bartomeus, Ignasi ^a   Griffin, Andrea S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioral flexibility; Colonization; Community assemblage; Ecological niche; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; AVIFAUNA; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; SURVIVAL; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AVES;

EID: 84861194599     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2203-x     Document Type: Article

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