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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Invasion resistance"”.
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The relationship between invasive annual grasses and biological soil crust across Eastern Washington
… in restoration and management plans. Managing invasion resistance of natural areas is critical to maintaining their biodiversity and function. Climate change is expected to shift species interactions, including invasive annual grasses, and may alter invasion resistance. One component of …
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Higher-order interaction inhibits bacterial invasion of a phototroph-predator microbial community
… is thought to be important for determining its resistance to invasion. Studies of natural ecosystems, from plant to microbial communities, have found that more diverse communities are more resistant to invasion. It is thought that more diverse communities resist invasion by more completely …
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The Tumor Microenvironment Regulates Retinoblastoma Cell Survival
… role for these gelatinases in Rb cell migration, invasion, and survival. Additionally, we demonstrated how secretion of VEGF, involved in angiogenesis, and TGFβ, involved in metastasis, were altered by MMP-2 and MMP-9 pharmacological inhibition.</p> <p>As MMPs are pivotal for the tumor and …
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Towards bioengineered ecosystems: Three studies in invasion biology
… of ecosystems is their invasibility, i.e. their resistance to invasion by nonnative organisms. Invasion is a driver of change at scales as small as a bioreactor and as large as the scale of biogeography. Invasion can be either a desired outcome, for example in the use of probiotics to replace …