The elephant in the room: The role of failed invasions in understanding invasion biology

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 801-815

  Zenni, Rafael D ^a   Nuñez, Martin A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVENESS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84878173808     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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