Effect of invader removal: Pollinators stay but some native plants miss their new friend

Biological Invasions

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2347-2358

  Ferrero, Victoria ^a,b   Castro, Sílvia ^a   Costa, Joana ^a   Acuña, Paola ^b   Navarro, Luis ^b   Loureiro, João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Competition; Facilitation; Mutualistic relationships; Oxalis pes caprae; Plant pollinator networks

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WEED;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; OXALIS PES-CAPRAE;

EID: 84884593581     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0457-4     Document Type: Article

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