Assessing potential invasiveness of woody horticultural plant species using seedling growth rate traits

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1320-1328

  Grotkopp, Eva ^a   Erskine Ogden, Jennifer ^a   Rejmánek, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Exotic; LAR; Life history traits; NAR; Phylogenetically independent contrasts; Relative growth rate; Risk assessment; Seedling; SLA

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GROWTH RATE; HORTICULTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ORNAMENTATION; PHYLOGENETICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 78149341388     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01878.x     Document Type: Article

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