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Biotic resistance in the tropics: patterns of seed plant invasions within an island

2017-01-01

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Charles Elton proposed that high species diversity and low levels of disturbance provide a measure of biotic resistance against invasions by alien species. While there is some evidence for this hypothesis, there are numerous other factors associated with invasive species richness, and the strength of those relationships is often scale-dependent. Among oceanic island groups, habitat diversity, human population size...

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Literature Corpus work: 2825be76-f89d-5fb8-a87c-06c729c7736a
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-016-1281-4

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