Do vigour of introduced populations and escape from specialist herbivores contribute to invasiveness?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-37

  Stastny, Michael ^a,b   Schaffner, Urs ^c   Elle, Elizabeth ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c CABI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Enemy release hypothesis (ERH); Evolution of increased competitive ability (EICA); Herbivore resistance; Herbivore tolerance; Invasive species; Longitarsus jacobaeae; Senecio jacobaea; Vigour

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; HERBIVORE; INVASIBILITY; SELECTION; TRADE-OFF; VIGOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

ALTICINI; ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; SENECIO; SENECIO JACOBAEA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 13544266407     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2004.00962.x     Document Type: Article

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