Warming, competition, and Bromus tectorum population growth across an elevation gradient

Ecosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Compagnoni, Aldo ^a,b   Adler, Peter B ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Climate change; Demography; Life table response experiment; Open top chambers; Plant invasions; Population growth

Indexed keywords

BROMUS TECTORUM;

EID: 84919730108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00047.1     Document Type: Article

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