Going beyond taxonomic diversity: Deconstructing biodiversity patterns reveals the true cost of iceplant invasion

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1566-1577

  Jucker, Tommaso ^a   Carboni, Marta ^b   Acosta, Alicia T R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Carpobrotus spp; Coastal dunes; Competitive exclusion; Fitness hierarchy; Functional and phylogenetic diversity; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENTROPY; FITNESS; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELATEDNESS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION;

ITALY;

CARPOBROTUS; MESEMBRYANTHEMUM;

EID: 84887229392     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12124     Document Type: Article

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