Root exudate is allelopathic in invaded community but not in native community: Field evidence for the novel weapons hypothesis

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 641-645

  Thorpe, Andrea S ^a,c   Thelen, Giles C ^a   Diaconu, Alecu ^b   Callaway, Ragan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Romania)

^c Institute for Applied Ecology   (United States)

Author keywords

( ) catechin; Allelopathy; Biogeographical comparison; Centaurea maculosa; Invasive species; Novel weapons hypothesis; Spotted knapweed

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY; EXUDATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LABORATORY METHOD; MONOCULTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; ROOT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA;

EID: 67449168688     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01520.x     Document Type: Article

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