Are invasives bigger? A global study of seed size variation in two invasive shrubs

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1434-1440

  Buckley, Yvonne M ^a   Downey, Paul ^b   Fowler, Simon V ^c   Hill, Richard ^d   Memmot, Jane ^e   Norambuena, Hernán ^f   Pitcairn, Mike ^g   Shaw, Richard ^h   Sheppard, Andrew W ⁱ   Winks, Chris ^c   Wittenberg, Rüdiger ⁱ   Rees, Mark ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d Richard Hill and Associates   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

^g CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^h CABI   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytisus scoparius; Evolutionary change; Invasive plants; Linear mixed effects models; Phenotypic plasticity; Seed size variation; Ulex europaeus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEED SIZE; SHRUB; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 0344584963     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[1434:AIBAGS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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