Reduced competitive ability in an invasive plant

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 346-353

  Bossdorf, Oliver ^a,b   Prati, Daniel ^a   Auge, Harald ^a   Schmid, Bernhard ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alliaria petiolata; Biological invasions; Competitive ability; Evolution of Increased Competitive Ability; Evolutionary Reduced Competitive Ability; Genetic differentiation; Intraspecific competition; Microevolution; Native and introduced populations

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NATIVE SPECIES;

ALLIARIA PETIOLATA;

EID: 1842866309     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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