Experimental evidence for indirect facilitation among invasive plants

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-18

  Flory, S Luke ^a   Bauer, Jonathan T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitors; Disturbance; Invasion ecology; Invasional meltdown; Plant invasion; Positive interactions; Resource availability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FACILITATION; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATURAL ENEMY; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOMASS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ALLIARIA; ALLIARIA PETIOLATA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; MICROSTEGIUM; MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM;

EID: 84890314319     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12186     Document Type: Article

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