Ecophysiological plasticity and local differentiation help explain the invasion success of Taraxacum officinale (dandelion) in South America

Ecography

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 718-730

  Molina Montenegro, Marco A ^a,c   Palma Rojas, Claudio ^b   Alcayaga Olivares, Yulinka ^a   Oses, Rómulo ^a,d   Corcuera, Luis J ^b   Cavieres, Lohengrin A ^b,e   Gianoli, Ernesto ^b  

^a Universidad Católica del Norte   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

^e INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CHROMOSOME; COLONIZATION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CYTOGENETICS; DICOTYLEDON; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOTYPE; HERB; HERBIVORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TOLERANCE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

HYPOCHAERIS SCORZONERAE; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 84878125608     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07758.x     Document Type: Article

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