No evidence for an evolutionary increased competitive ability in an invasive plant

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2816-2823

  Van Kleunen, Mark ^a,b   Schmid, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alien species; Biological invasions; EICA hypothesis; Evolution; Goldenrod; Nonindigenous species; Response to herbivory; Solidago canadensis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; EVOLUTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS;

EID: 1342288366     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0494     Document Type: Article

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