Phenology effects on invasion success: Insights from coupling field experiments to coexistence theory

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 726-736

  Godoy, Oscar ^a   Levine, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Annual plants; Biological invasions; Coexistence theory; Fitness differences; Niches; Phenology; Species traits

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; DOMINANCE; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FIELD METHOD; FITNESS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATIVE SPECIES; PARAMETERIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84901636468     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1157.1     Document Type: Article

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