A unified approach for quantifying invasibility and degree of invasion

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2613-2621

  Guo, Qinfeng ^a   Fei, Songlin ^b   Dukes, Jeffrey S ^b,c   Oswalt, Christopher M ^a   Iannone, Basil V ^b   Potter, Kevin M ^d  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Community ecology theory; Competition; Invasion theory; Niche availability; Prediction; Resources

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FACILITATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; META-ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; GENETICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84944074919     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-2172.1     Document Type: Article

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