Hybridization and plasticity contribute to divergence among coastal and wetland populations of invasive Hybrid Japanese knotweed s.l. (Fallopia spp.)

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 902-918

  Walls, Ramona L ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Common garden; Invasive species; Long Island, New York; Plasticity; Polygonaceae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLONAL ORGANISM; COASTAL ZONE; DIVERGENCE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; HYBRIDIZATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF AREA; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RANGE EXPANSION; WETLAND;

LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POLYGONACEAE; POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM;

EID: 77953545308     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9190-8     Document Type: Article

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