Coexistence patterns of two invasive thistle species, Carduus nutans and C. acanthoides, at three spatial scales

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 151-164

  Rauschert, Emily S J ^a   Shea, Katriona ^a   Bjørnstad, Ottar N ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carduus; Coexistence; Competition; Congeners; Scale dependence; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; AUTOCORRELATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CARDUUS; CARDUUS ACANTHOIDES; CARDUUS NUTANS; CIRSIUM;

EID: 85027924227     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-9992-z     Document Type: Article

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