Human-aided admixture may fuel ecosystem transformation during biological invasions: theoretical and experimental evidence
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Ecology and Evolution
Volume 4, Issue 7, pages 899–910, April 2014
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Ecology and Evolution 2014; 4(7):899–910
- Issue published online: 7 APR 2014
- Article first published online: 23 FEB 2014
- Manuscript Accepted: 10 JAN 2014
- Manuscript Revised: 7 JAN 2014
- Manuscript Received: 2 DEC 2013
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