Contrasting the effects of environment, dispersal and biotic interactions to explain the distribution of invasive plants in alpine communities

Biological Invasions

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1407-1423

  Gallien, Laure ^a,b,c   Mazel, Florent ^a,b   Lavergne, Sébastien ^a,b   Renaud, Julien ^a,b   Douzet, Rolland ^a   Thuiller, Wilfried ^a,b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alien species; Competitive exclusion; Dispersal; Environmental filtering; Niche model; Resource opportunity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939942104     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: 15731464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-014-0803-1     Document Type: Article

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