Non-Native Plants Disrupt Dual Promotion of Native Alpha and Beta Diversity

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 319-333

  Fukami, Tadashi ^a   Bellingham, Peter J ^b   Peltzer, Duane A ^b   Walker, Lawrence R ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly rules; Leaf functional traits; Nitrogen fixers; Primary succession; Priority effect; Trait based species sorting

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERGENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 84885909030     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-013-9175-z     Document Type: Article

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