Eco-evolutionary litter feedback as a driver of exotic plant invasion

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-31

  Eppinga, Maarten B ^a,b   Molofsky, Jane ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

C:N ratio; Competition; Genotypic diversity; Litter:biomass ratio; Phalaris arundinacea; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF; MESOCOSM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT COMMUNITY;

PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA;

EID: 84873171319     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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