Evolution of an invasive phenotype: Shift to belowground dominance and enhanced competitive ability in the introduced range

Plant Ecology

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 275-284

  Barney, Jacob N ^a   Whitlow, Thomas H ^b   Ditommaso, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia vulgaris; Common garden; Competition; Mugwort; Resource allocation; Solidago canadensis

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DOMINANCE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GERMINATION; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATURAL SELECTION; RAMET; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RHIZOME; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO;

NORTH AMERICA;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS;

EID: 67349206581     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9481-3     Document Type: Article

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