Invasional interference due to similar inter-and intraspecific competition between invaders may affect management

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1413-1420

  Rauschert, Emily Sofia Jalics ^a   Shea, Katriona ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carduus acanthoides; Carduus nutans; Central Pennsylvania USA; Co invasion; Competition; Congeners; Invader invader interactions; Invasion ecology; Invasional interference; Invasive species management; Thistles.

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSPECIFIC; DICOTYLEDON; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE CYCLE; POLLINATOR; PRIORITIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

CARDUUS ACANTHOIDES; CARDUUS NUTANS;

EID: 84864127505     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-2107.1     Document Type: Article

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