Oak Ridge F ree A ir C O 2 E nrichment (FACE) experiment in sweet gum forest
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Oak Ridge Free Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) experiment in sweet gum forest
FACE 1998Control 1998
Nevada Desert FACE experimentin Mojave Desert near Las Vegas
Home range
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Richardson et al. (2000)
Lantana camara
10 hypotheses:
a) Competition hypothesis
b) Escape from biotic constraints hypothesis
c) BCW (allelopathy) hypothesis
d) Microevolutionary change hypothesis
e) Vacant niche hypothesis
f) Biodiversity hypothesis
g) Variable resource availability hypothesis
h) Disturbance and land use hypothesis
i) Environmental change hypothesis
j) Anthropogenic hypothesis