Negative, neutral, and positive interactions among nonnative plants: Patterns, processes, and management implications

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 926-934

  Kuebbing, Sara E ^a,c   Nuñez, Martin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Invader interactions; Invasional meltdown; Level of invasion; Nonnative interactions; Plant communities; Positive interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GLOBAL CHANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

POACEAE;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT DISPERSAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT DISPERSAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84923199403     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12711     Document Type: Article

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