Phylogenetically Poor Plant Communities Receive More Alien Species, Which More Easily Coexist with Natives

Alien species can be a major threat to ecological communities, but we do not know why some community types allow the entry of many more alien species than do others. Here, for the first time, we suggest that evolutionary diversity inherent to the constituent species of a community may determine its...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American naturalist 2011-05, Vol.177 (5), p.668-680
Hauptverfasser:	Gerhold, Pille, Pärtel, Meelis, Tackenberg, Oliver, Hennekens, Stephan M., Bartish, Igor, Schaminée, Joop H. J., Fergus, Alexander J. F., Ozinga, Wim A., Prinzing, Andreas
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Biodiversity Biodiversity and Ecology Biological and medical sciences biological invasions Biological taxonomies Communities Community relations conservatism diversity ecological communities Environment Environmental Sciences Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects gradients Immigration indicator values Introduced Species invasibility Invasive species lineages Native species Netherlands Phylogenetics Phylogeny Phylogeography Plants Regression Analysis richness saturation Synecology
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