Introduced plants of the invasive Solidago gigantea (Asteraceae) are larger and grow denser than conspecif ics in the native range

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-19

  Jakobs, Gabi ^a   Weber, Ewald ^a   Edwards, Peter J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Clonal growth; Competitive ability; EICA; Exotic species; Life history; Solidago

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; GROWTH; LIFE HISTORY; VIGOR;

ASTERACEAE; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO GIGANTEA;

EID: 2342615658     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2004.00052.x     Document Type: Review

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