Biotic Globalization: Does Competition from Introduced Species Threaten Biodiversity?
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- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 53 (5) , 481-489
- https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0481:bgdcfi]2.0.co;2
Abstract
The introduction of new predators and pathogens has caused numerous well-documented extinctions of long-term resident species, particularly in spatiaKeywords
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