Multiple competitive mechanisms underlie the effects of a strong invader on early- to late-seral tree seedlings

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1204-1215

  Urgenson, Lauren S ^a   Reichard, Sarah H ^a   Halpern, Charles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Ectomycorrhizal fungi; Interference; Invasion ecology; Mycorrhizae; Native alien interactions; Riparian forest; Species' interactions; Tree seedlings

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; EXPLOITATION; GROWTH; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIGHT EFFECT; MUTUALISM; NATIVE SPECIES; RIPARIAN FOREST; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84865305960     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01995.x     Document Type: Article

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