Phenotypic plasticity and plant invasions: Is it all Jack?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-7

  Hulme, Philip E ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fitness homeostasis; Invasiveness; Reaction norms; Weed risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; FITNESS; GENOTYPE; HOMEOSTASIS; INVASIBILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION GROWTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEED;

EID: 38149137245     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01369.x     Document Type: Review

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