Is rapid evolution common in introduced plant species?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 214-224

  Buswell, Joanna M ^a,b   Moles, Angela T ^a   Hartley, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australia; Exotic plant; Herbarium specimen; Invasion ecology; Leaf area; Leaf mass per area; Leaf shape; Morphological change; Plant height

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; HERBARIUM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEAF AREA; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIMEN BANK;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78650361173     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01759.x     Document Type: Article

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