Invasive plants have different effects on trophic structure of green and brown food webs in terrestrial ecosystems: A meta-analysis

Ecology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 328-335

  McCary, Matthew A ^a   Mores, Robin ^a   Farfan, Monica A ^a   Wise, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community structure; Ecosystem function; Exotic species; Food web; Invasion biology; Invasive plants; Literature review; Meta analysis; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; PARASITOID; PLANT COMMUNITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC LEVEL; VULNERABILITY; WETLAND; WOODLAND;

FOOD CHAIN; FOREST; GRASSLAND; INTRODUCED SPECIES; META ANALYSIS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; WETLAND;

FOOD CHAIN; FORESTS; GRASSLAND; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; WETLANDS;

EID: 84954306228     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12562     Document Type: Article

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