Preadapted for invasiveness: Do species traits or their plastic response to shading differ between invasive and non-invasive plant species in their native range?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1294-1304

  Van Kleunen, Mark ^b   Schlaepfer, Daniel R ^c   Glaettli, Melanie ^a   Fischer, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Common garden experiment; Comparative study; Invasive plants, phenotypic plasticity; Shade avoidance; Shade treatment; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HERB; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHADING;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 79959342393     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02495.x     Document Type: Article

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