Is the increased vigour of invasive weeds explained by a trade-off between growth and herbivore resistance?

Oecologia

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 632-640

  Willis, Anthony J ^a,b   Thomas, Matthew B ^b   Lawton, John H ^b  

^a The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Herbivore resistance; Lythrum; Plant defence; Trade off; Weed

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; TRADE-OFF; WEED;

LYTHRUM SALICARIA;

EID: 0032822865     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050899     Document Type: Article

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