SCALE DEPENDENT EFFECTS OF BIOTIC RESISTANCE TO BIOLOGICAL INVASION

@article{Byers2003SCALEDE,
  title={SCALE DEPENDENT EFFECTS OF BIOTIC RESISTANCE TO BIOLOGICAL INVASION},
  author={James E. Byers and Erik G. Noonburg},
  journal={Ecology},
  year={2003},
  volume={84},
  pages={1428-1433}
}
As nonindigenous species continue to displace native species and disrupt ecosystems, understanding the degree to which native species richness affects the vulner- ability of communities to nonindigenous species invasions has grown in importance. Native and exotic species diversity are often positively correlated in large-scale observational studies, but negatively correlated in small-scale experimental studies. This discrepancy suggests that the scale of invasion studies may be an important… 
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