Functional trait similarity of native and invasive herb species in subtropical China-Environment-specific differences are the key

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 83, Issue , 2012, Pages 82-92

  Bachmann, Dörte ^a   Both, Sabine ^a   Bruelheide, Helge ^a   Ding, Bing Yang ^b   Gao, Mo ^c   Härdtle, Werner ^d   Scherer Lorenzen, Michael ^e   Erfmeier, Alexandra ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b WENZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BEF China; Environmental context; Exotic species; Fundamental niche; N uptake; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GROWTH RATE; HERB; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84861208471     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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