Invasibility of plankton food webs along a trophic state gradient
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Invasibility of plankton food webs along a trophic state gradient
Biological invasions are becoming more common, yet the majority of introduced exotic species fail to establish viable populations in new environments. Current ecological research suggests that invasion success may be determined by properties of the native ecosystem, such as the supply rate of limiting nutrients (i.e. trophic state). We examined how trophic state influences invasion success by i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Oikos
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0030-1299,1600-0706
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12260.x