Jigesmiliy's Blog – February 2016 Archive (1)

Relating resource availability and herbivore escape opportunity to plant community invasibility

Plant invasions are causing negative environmental, economic, and social impacts worldwide. It is necessary to understand the mechanisms behind their success in order to prevent future invasion and to control existing ones. This thesis adds needed empirical evidence to the current debate on what factors drive biotic invasions. More specifically, it examines the respective importance in the…