Unraveling the life history of successful invaders

Science

Volumn 337, Issue 6094, 2012, Pages 580-583

  Sol, Daniel ^a,b   Maspons, Joan ^a   Vall llosera, Miquel ^a   Bartomeus, Ignasi ^a,c   García Peña, Gabriel E ^a   Piñol, Josep ^a,d   Freckleton, Robert P ^e  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

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

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

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EID: 84864770293     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1221523     Document Type: Article

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