ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATIONInvasive Plant-Soil Feedbacks and Ecosystem Resistance and Resilience: A Comparison of Three Vegetation Types in CaliforniaBy Sara Jo DickensDoctor of Philosophy, Graduate Program in Plant BiologyUniversity of California, Riverside, December 2010Dr Edith B. Allen, ChairpersonEcosystem processes are strongly dependant on plant-soil feedbacks. The invasion of exotic plant species can result in the introduction of novel traits capable of de-coupling native plant-soil feedbacks and leading to altered nutrient cycling and availability and microbial community composition. In general the degree to which an invading species will impact the system it invades is dependant on how much it differs from plant species native t...
Although it is generally acknowledged that inva-sions by exotic plant species represent a major thre...
Early-successional habitat is disappearing throughout the northeastern United States. Much of the re...
We live on a predominantly microbial planet. I it is estimated that more than a billion microorganis...
Understanding the potential mechanisms that influence invasion resistance and coexistence in plant c...
Global change contributes to drastic shifts in vegetation composition resulting in changes in ecosys...
This dissertation addresses the consequences of reciprocal interactions between the plant and the so...
Includes bibliographical referencesThe spread of invasive species into natural, native habitats thre...
Biological plant invasions impact the function and biodiversity of ecosystems across the globe by di...
The displacement of the Californian coastal sage scrub, an ecosystem marked by drought-deciduous shr...
A core challenge in community ecology has been understanding temporal variations in plant communitie...
Soil biota have been credited with helping to maintain native plant diversity in multiple systems. R...
Alteration in ecosystem processes following biological invasion is likely to occur if the invasive p...
ABSTRACT Although it is generally acknowledged that invasions by exotic plant species represent a ma...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-42).Due to ever-increasing human activity and connecti...
This dissertation examines potential impacts and mechanisms of plant invasion. I report results from...
Although it is generally acknowledged that inva-sions by exotic plant species represent a major thre...
Early-successional habitat is disappearing throughout the northeastern United States. Much of the re...
We live on a predominantly microbial planet. I it is estimated that more than a billion microorganis...
Understanding the potential mechanisms that influence invasion resistance and coexistence in plant c...
Global change contributes to drastic shifts in vegetation composition resulting in changes in ecosys...
This dissertation addresses the consequences of reciprocal interactions between the plant and the so...
Includes bibliographical referencesThe spread of invasive species into natural, native habitats thre...
Biological plant invasions impact the function and biodiversity of ecosystems across the globe by di...
The displacement of the Californian coastal sage scrub, an ecosystem marked by drought-deciduous shr...
A core challenge in community ecology has been understanding temporal variations in plant communitie...
Soil biota have been credited with helping to maintain native plant diversity in multiple systems. R...
Alteration in ecosystem processes following biological invasion is likely to occur if the invasive p...
ABSTRACT Although it is generally acknowledged that invasions by exotic plant species represent a ma...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-42).Due to ever-increasing human activity and connecti...
This dissertation examines potential impacts and mechanisms of plant invasion. I report results from...
Although it is generally acknowledged that inva-sions by exotic plant species represent a major thre...
Early-successional habitat is disappearing throughout the northeastern United States. Much of the re...
We live on a predominantly microbial planet. I it is estimated that more than a billion microorganis...