Invasive exotic plants suffer less herbivory than non-invasive exotic plants

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 435-438

  Cappuccino, Naomi ^a   Carpenter, David ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alien plants; Enemy release hypothesis; Herbivory; Introduced plants; Invasive plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES;

ALLELOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOTIC SPECIES; HERBIVORY; LEAF DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; PLANT TAXONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES INVASION;

CANADA; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144432108     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0341     Document Type: Review

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