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Why are invasive species invasive?
The story of Bromus rubens
Bromus rubens is a native, small grass that is widely distributed in the drier regions of Israel. However, the same harmless plant is a nasty invasive species in dry region of the US. What brings this change in characteristics?
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Why are invasive species invasive?: Project
Spring 2019 in HaMeishar
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Spring 2019 in HaMeishar
Selected Papers
Lucero, J.E., M. Seifan, R.M. Callaway, C.J. Lortie. (2020) Positive associations with native shrubs are intense and important for an exotic invader but not the native annual community across an aridity gradient. Diversity and Distribution 26: 1177-1197 DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13111
Lortie, C, M. Zuliani, N. Ghazian, S. Haas, J. Braun, M. Owen, F. Miguel, M. Seifan, A. Filassola, J. Lucero. (2021). Too much of a good thing: shrub benefactors are less important in higher diversity arid ecosystems. Journal of Ecology 109: 2047-2053 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13596
Lucero J.E. A. Filassola, R.M. Callaway, J. Braun, N. Ghazian, S. Haas, M.F. Miguel, M. Owen, M. Seifan, M. Zuliani, C. Lortie. (2022). Increasing global aridity destabilizes shrub facilitation of exotic but not native plant species. Global Ecology and Conservation 40 e02345 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02345
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