Invasion Success in a Marginal Habitat: An Experimental Test of Competitive Ability and Drought Tolerance in Chromolaena odorata

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  te Beest, Mariska ^a,b   Elschot, Kelly ^a   Olff, Han ^a   Etienne, Rampal S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CHROMOLAENA; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GREENHOUSE; HABITAT QUALITY; NONHUMAN; PANICUM; PANICUM MAXIMUM; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT WATER USE; SEEDLING; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES INVASION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

BIOMASS; CHROMOLAENA; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

EID: 84880987184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068274     Document Type: Article

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