Forests are not immune to plant invasions: Phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation allow Prunella vulgaris to colonize a temperate evergreen rainforest

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1615-1625

  Godoy, Oscar ^a   Saldaña, Alfredo ^b   Fuentes, Nicol ^b,c   Valladares, Fernando ^a,d,e   Gianoli, Ernesto ^b,e,f  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Adaptive divergence; Evolutionary response; Genetic assimilation; Invasive plants; Temperate rainforest

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HERB; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVASIVENESS; LIGHT EFFECT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PERSISTENCE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RAINFOREST; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

PRUNELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 79957997897     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9919-0     Document Type: Article

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