High propagule production and reproductive fitness homeostasis contribute to the invasiveness of Lespedeza cuneata (Fabaceae)

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1913-1927

  Woods, Teresa M ^a   Hartnett, David C ^a   Ferguson, Carolyn J ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleistogamy; Fitness homeostasis; Invasive; Lespedeza; Pollination; Propagule production; Regeneration niche; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; FITNESS; FRUITING; HOMEOSTASIS; INVASIVE SPECIES; NICHE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRAIRIE; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEED SET; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; LESPEDEZA; LESPEDEZA CUNEATA;

EID: 70349479874     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9369-0     Document Type: Article

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