Environmental conditions and community evenness determine the outcome of biological invasion

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  De Roy, Karen ^a   Marzorati, Massimo ^a   Negroni, Andrea ^b   Thas, Olivier ^a,c   Balloi, Annalisa ^d   Fava, Fabio ^b   Verstraete, Willy ^a   Daffonchio, Daniele ^d   Boon, Nico ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPECIES EVENNESS;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CELL COUNT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; SALT STRESS; SPECIES INVASION; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SALINITY;

CARBON;

BACTERIA; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SALINITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879145809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2392     Document Type: Article

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