Reproductive output of invasive versus native plants

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 633-640

  Mason, Robert A B ^a,c   Cooke, Julia ^a   Moles, Angela T ^b   Leishman, Michelle R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem invasions; Growth form; Introduce drange; Invasive plants; Long distance dispersal; Phylogenetically independent contrasts; Propagule pressure; Reproductive allocation; Seed mass; Seed production

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEED DISPERSAL;

EID: 49449107733     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2008.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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