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biotic resistance

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Definition

  • [Brian S. ChengKevin] Biotic resistance is the ability of native communities to repel the establishment of invasivespecies. Predation by native species may confer biotic resistance to communities, but theenvironmental context under which this form of biotic resistance occurs is not well understood...

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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0135

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