Models of experimental competitive intensities predict home and away differences in invasive impact and the effects of an endophytic mutualist

American Naturalist

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 707-718

  Xiao, Sa ^a,b   Callaway, Ragan M ^b   Newcombe, George ^c   Aschehoug, Erik T ^b,d  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Endophyte; Indirect facilitation; Individual based model; Invasion

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; ENDOPHYTE; FACILITATION; HERB; INVASIVE SPECIES; MUTUALISM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTAUREA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOPHYTE; EUROPE; GENETICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; TIME;

ALTERNARIA; BIODIVERSITY; CENTAUREA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOPHYTES; EUROPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; POACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

CENTAUREA STOEBE;

EID: 84869170987     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668008     Document Type: Article

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