Altitudinal variation in fertility and vegetative growth in the invasive plant Rubus alceifolius Poiret (Rosaceae), on Réunion island

Plant Ecology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 265-273

  Baret, Stéphane ^a   Maurice, Sandrine ^b   Le Bourgeois, Thomas ^a,c   Strasberg, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c Université Montpellier II ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Altitude; Biological invasions; Fertility; Habitat diversity; Mascarene archipelago; Phenotypic plasticity; Seed bank; Vegetative growth

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FRUIT SET; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RAINFOREST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

ACACIA; AVES; ROSACEAE; RUBUS; RUBUS ALCEIFOLIUS;

EID: 1642357344     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000026345.67250.d2     Document Type: Article

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