Variation in growth pattern and response to slug damage among native and invasive provenances of four perennial Brassicaceae species

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 322-334

  Buschmann, H ^a,b   Edwards, P J ^a,b   Dietz, H ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arion lusitanicus; Choose experiments; Clonal growth; EICA hypothesis; Herbivory; Intraspecific comparisons; Palatability; Seedlings; Sexual reproduction; Vegetative reproduction

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; HERBIVORY; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; REPRODUCTION;

ARION LUSITANICUS; BARBAREA VULGARIS; BRASSICACEAE; BUNIAS ORIENTALIS; CARDARIA DRABA; DRABA; GASTROPODA; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE; RORIPPA AUSTRIACA;

EID: 16844368183     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.00991.x     Document Type: Article

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