Con-specific neighbours may enhance compensation capacity in an invasive plant

Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 445-452

  Lu, X ^a,b   Dai, H ^a,c   Ding, J ^a,d  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Agasicles hygrophila; Alternanthera philoxeroides; Con specific association; Facilitation; Herbivory; Plant invasion

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIPPING; CONSPECIFIC; DEFOLIATION; DICOTYLEDON; FACILITATION; HERBIVORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY;

AMARANTHACEAE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AMARANTHACEAE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AGASICLES HYGROPHILA; ALTERNANTHERA PHILOXEROIDES; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77955799736     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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