Invasive Acer negundo outperforms native species in non-limiting resource environments due to its higher phenotypic plasticity

BMC Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Porté, Annabel J ^a,b   Lamarque, Laurent J ^a,b,c   Lortie, Christopher J ^c   Michalet, Richard ^a,b   Delzon, Sylvain ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RIPARIAN FOREST; SHRUB;

ACER; ACER NEGUNDO;

ACER; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACER; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 82055175634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-11-28     Document Type: Article

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