Rapid evolution of an invasive plant

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 261-280

  Maron, John L ^a   Vilà, Montserrat ^b   Bommarco, Riccardo ^c   Elmendorf, Sarah ^d   Beardsley, Paul ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs); EICA hypothesis; Founder effects; Hypericum perforatum; Introduced plants; Latitudinal clines; Molecular genetic variation; Population differentiation; Rapid evolution; St. John's wort

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECUNDITY; FOUNDER EFFECT; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF AREA; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM;

EID: 4444332794     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-4027     Document Type: Article

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