The imbalance of nature: Revisiting a Darwinian framework for invasion biology

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1157-1166

  Fridley, Jason D ^a   Sax, Dov F ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic resistance; Darwin; Elton; Empty niche; Floristic regions; Natural selection; Phylogenetic diversity; Pre adaptation; Species invasions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908495805     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12221     Document Type: Article

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