Are alien plants more competitive than their native conspecifics? A test using Hypericum perforatum L.

Oecologia

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-215

  Vilà, Montserrat ^a   Gómez, Anna ^a   Maron, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Evolution; Evolution of increased competitive ability hypothesis; Invasion; Plant vigor

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; EVOLUTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATURAL ENEMY;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPERICUM; LOLIUM; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EVOLUTION; HYPERICUM; LOLIUM; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM;

EID: 0142123092     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1342-0     Document Type: Article

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