Anthropogenic-based regional-scale factors most consistently explain plot-level exotic diversity in grasslands

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 802-810

  Macdougall, Andrew S ^a   Bennett, Joseph R ^b   Firn, Jennifer ^c   Seabloom, Eric W ^d   Borer, Elizabeth T ^d   Lind, Eric M ^d   Orrock, John L ^e   Harpole, W Stanley ^f   Hautier, Yann ^d,g   Adler, Peter B ^h   Cleland, Elsa ⁱ   Davies, Kendi ^j   Melbourne, Brett ^j   Prober, Suzanne M ^k   Bakker, Jonathan D ^l   Fay, Philip A ^m   Jin, Virginia L ^m   Kendig, Amy ^d   La Pierre, Kimberly J ⁿ   Moore, Joslin ^o,p   Morgan, John ^q   Stevens, Carly J ^r   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^k CSIRO   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^m U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

ⁿ YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology   (Australia)

^p MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^q LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^r LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Environmental heterogeneity; Exotic plant species; Nutnet (Nutrient Network); Productivity; Scale dependency; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84902072779     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12157     Document Type: Article

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