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Plant functional traits suggest novel ecological strategy for an invasive shrub in an understorey woody plant community
dc.contributor.authorBrym, Zachary T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLake, Jeffrey K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Daviden_US
dc.contributor.authorOstling, Annetteen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-10T15:32:23Z
dc.date.available2012-12-03T21:17:29Zen_US
dc.date.issued2011-10en_US
dc.identifier.citationBrym, Zachary T.; Lake, Jeffrey K.; Allen, David; Ostling, Annette (2011). "Plant functional traits suggest novel ecological strategy for an invasive shrub in an understorey woody plant community." Journal of Applied Ecology 48(5). <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/86864>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0021-8901en_US
dc.identifier.issn1365-2664en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/86864
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.subject.otherCommunity Invasionen_US
dc.subject.otherEmpty Niche Hypothesisen_US
dc.subject.otherFunctional Traitsen_US
dc.subject.otherTrait Overlapen_US
dc.titlePlant functional traits suggest novel ecological strategy for an invasive shrub in an understorey woody plant communityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumSchool of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USAen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/86864/1/j.1365-2664.2011.02049.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02049.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Applied Ecologyen_US
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