Toward a causal explanation of plant invasiveness: Seedling growth and life-history strategies of 29 pine (Pinus) species

American Naturalist

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 396-419

  Grotkopp, Eva ^a   Rejmánek, Marcel ^a   Rost, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasiveness; Leaf anatomy; Leaf demography; Pines; Relative growth rate; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA; LIFE HISTORY;

EID: 0036125933     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338995     Document Type: Article

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