Why only tetraploid Solidago gigantea (Asteraceae) became invasive: A common garden comparison of ploidy levels

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 661-673

  Schlaepfer, Daniel R ^a,b   Edwards, Peter J ^a   Billeter, Regula ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Invasive alien species; Polyploidy; Rhizome system; Vegetative reproduction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CLONAL GROWTH; DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYTOMASS; POLYPLOIDY; RHIZOME; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIPLOIDY; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLOIDY; POLYPLOIDY; SOIL; ANALYSIS;

ASTERACEAE; CALCIUM; DIPLOIDY; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; NITROGEN; NORTH AMERICA; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLOIDIES; POLYPLOIDY; SOIL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

ASTERACEAE; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO GIGANTEA;

EID: 77953667483     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1595-3     Document Type: Article

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