Invasive species grows faster, competes better, and shows greater evolution toward increased seed size and growth than exotic non-invasive congeners

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 545-553

  Graebner, Ryan C ^a   Callaway, Ragan M ^a   Montesinos, Daniel ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Centaurea; Competition; Congener; Invasion; Relative growth rate; Seed mass

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GROWTH RATE; HERB; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEED; SEEDLING;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA CALCITRAPA; CENTAUREA SOLSTITIALIS; CENTAUREA SULPHUREA;

EID: 84859224229     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0020-x     Document Type: Article

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