Predicting weed invasion in Canada under climate change: Evaluating evolutionary potential

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1013-1020

  Clements, David R ^a   DiTommaso, Antonio ^b  

^a TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climex models; Global warming; Invasive species; Weed ecology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE MODELING; DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; OUTCROSSING; PREDICTION; RANGE EXPANSION;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

ABUTILON THEOPHRASTI; DICOTYLEDONEAE; IMPATIENS; POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM; SORGHUM HALEPENSE;

EID: 84869414241     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: 19181833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJPS2011-280     Document Type: Article

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