Is there a risk to living large? Large size correlates with reduced growth when stressed for knapweed populations

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3591-3598

  He, Wei Ming ^a,b   Thelen, Giles C ^b   Ridenour, Wendy M ^b   Callaway, Ragan M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; CSR; Exotic invasions; Life history theory; Phenotypic plasticity; Stress tolerance; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOMASS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISTURBANCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; NATIVE SPECIES; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SELECTION; TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF; WEED;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA STOEBE;

EID: 77956878225     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9753-4     Document Type: Article

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