Physiological integration increases the survival and growth of the clonal invader Carpobrotus edulis

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1815-1823

  Roiloa, Sergio R ^a,b   Rodríguez Echeverría, Susana ^a   de la Peña, Eduardo ^a   Freitas, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Clonal growth; Coastal dune; Competition; Physiological Integration; Plant invasion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLONAL ORGANISM; DICOTYLEDON; DUNE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; RAMET; SURVIVAL; SURVIVORSHIP;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

CARPOBROTUS EDULIS;

EID: 77952287883     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9592-3     Document Type: Article

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