Physiological integration in an introduced, invasive plant increases its spread into experimental communities and modifies their structure

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1983-1989

  Yu, Fei Hai ^a,b   Wang, Ning ^a,d   Alpert, Peter ^c   He, Wei Ming ^a   Dong, Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d JINGGANGSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alligator weed; Clonal integration; Invasibility; Invasiveness; Propagule density; Resource sharing

Indexed keywords

BARE SOIL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLONAL ORGANISM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DICOTYLEDON; DOMINANCE; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOMASS; PROPAGULE; RAMET; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; WEED;

ALLIGATOR; ALTERNANTHERA; ALTERNANTHERA PHILOXEROIDES;

EID: 70350714319     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800426     Document Type: Article

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