Are plants really larger in their introduced ranges?

American Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 231-236

  Thebaud C ^a   Simberloff, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Introduced species; Invasion; Plant size; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

HEIGHT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT;

EID: 0035116304     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318635     Document Type: Article

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