Contrasting functional trait syndromes underlay woody alien success in the same ecosystem

Austral Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 443-451

  Tecco, Paula A ^a   Urcelay, Carlos ^a   Díaz, Sandra ^a   Cabido, Marcelo ^a   Pérez Harguindeguy, Natalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acquisitive species; Central western Argentina; Conservative species; Plant functional trait; Woody invader

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISPERSAL; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EVERGREEN TREE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURALIZATION; PHENOLOGY; REGENERATION; RESOURCE USE; WOODLAND;

ARGENTINA; CHACO [ARGENTINA];

EID: 84877924285     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02428.x     Document Type: Article

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