Community structure, succession and invasibility in a seasonal deciduous forest in southern Brazil

Biological Invasions

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1697-1712

  Dechoum, M S ^a   Castellani, T T ^a   Zalba, S M ^b   Rejmanek M ^c   Peroni, N ^a   Tamashiro, J Y ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biotic resistance; Disturbance; Functional diversity; Hovenia dulcis; Invasive trees; Subtropical forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940000289     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: 15731464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-014-0827-6     Document Type: Article

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