Different flowering phenology of alien invasive species in Spain: Evidence for the use of an empty temporal niche?

Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 803-811

  Godoy, O ^a,b   Castro Diez P ^b   Valladares, F ^a,c   Costa Tenorio, M ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abiotic filters; Climatic origin; Disturbed areas; Inherited trait; Invasive native comparison

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COEXISTENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOWERING; HERITABILITY; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROHABITAT; PHENOLOGY;

SPAIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SEASON; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SEASONS; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 73349107791     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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