Functional differences in response to drought in the invasive Taraxacum officinale from native and introduced alpine habitat ranges

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-44

  Molina Montenegro, Marco A ^a   Quiroz, Constanza L ^b   Torres Díaz, Cristian ^c   Atala, Cristian ^b  

^a Universidad Católica del Norte   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL BÍO BÍO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Ecophysiological traits; High mountain environments; Invasive species; Local adaptation; Plasticity; Taraxacum

Indexed keywords

TARAXACUM; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 79959298835     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2011.577459     Document Type: Article

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