Functional differences between alien and native species: Do biotic interactions determine the functional structure of highly invaded grasslands?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1262-1272

  Gross, Nicolas ^a,b   Börger, Luca ^a   Duncan, Richard P ^b,c   Hulme, Philip E ^b  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Community assembly; Competition; Exotic; Facilitation; Habitat filtering; Niche differentiation; Plant functional traits; Weed

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NICHE; PATH ANALYSIS; PLANT; WEED;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84885188292     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12120     Document Type: Article

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