Do priority effects benefit invasive plants more than native plants? An experiment with six grassland species

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2617-2624

  Dickson, Timothy L ^a,b   Hopwood, Jennifer L ^a,c   Wilsey, Brian J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance; Earlier growth; Exotic species; Non native species; Plant invasion; Priority effect

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; DOMINANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASS; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONOCULTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEEDING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 84868338683     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0257-2     Document Type: Article

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