Browsing by Author "Villarroel, Elisa"

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    • Ecosystem engineering facilitates invasions by exotic plants in high-Andean ecosystems 
      Badano, Ernesto I.; Villarroel, Elisa; Bustamante Araya, Ramiro; Marquet, Pablo A.; Cavieres, Lohengrin A. (BLACKWELL, 2007-07)
      1. Ecosystem engineers are organisms that change abiotic conditions in ways that affect the performance and distribution of other species, including exotics. Several mechanisms have been proposed for the successful ...
    • Facilitation by nurse plants regulates community invasibility in harsh environments 
      Badano, Ernesto I.; Bustamante Araya, Ramiro; Villarroel, Elisa; Marquet, Pablo A.; Cavieres, Lohengrin A. (International Association for Vegetation Science, 2015)
      QuestionThe biotic resistance hypothesis states that species diversity is a barrier for plant biological invasions because alien species are more likely to find strong competitors as diversity of native plants increases. ...