Exotic plant invasions under enhanced rainfall are constrained by soil nutrients and competition

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 682-692

  Eskelinen, Anu ^a,b   Harrison, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biotic interactions; Biotic resistance; Californian grassland; Exotic range expansion; Fertilization; Global environmental change; Invasions; Multiple resource limitation; Precipitation; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RANGE EXPANSION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; FIELD METHOD; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIMITING FACTOR; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SYNERGISM; WEED;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; METABOLISM; PLANT; POACEAE; SEASON; SOIL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANTS; POACEAE; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL;

AEGILOPS TRIUNCIALIS; CENTAUREA SOLSTITIALIS;

EID: 84901613103     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0288.1     Document Type: Article

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