The adaptive value of remnant native plants in invaded communities: An example from the great basin

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1226-1235

  Leger, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus tectorum; Cheatgrass; Competition; Elymus multisetus; Invasive species; Local adaptation; Natural selection; Outbreeding depression; Rapid evolution; Restoration; Squirreltail grass

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSPECIFIC; EVOLUTION; GRASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL SELECTION;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; CALIFORNIA; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; ELYMUS; ELYMUS ELYMOIDES; ELYMUS MULTISETUS; POACEAE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CALIFORNIA; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 55949086809     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1598.1     Document Type: Article

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