Enemy damage of exotic plant species is similar to that of natives and increases with productivity

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 388-399

  Dostál, Petr ^a   Allan, Eric ^b   Dawson, Wayne ^c   van Kleunen, Mark ^c   Bartish, Igor ^a   Fischer, Markus ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotic resistance; Central Europe; Enemy release hypothesis; Herbivores; Host shifting; Invasion ecology; Plant invasions; Resource availability

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORPHOTYPE; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL ENEMY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PEST SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 84874213245     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12037     Document Type: Article

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