Herbivores mediate different competitive and facilitative responses of native and invader populations of Brassica nigra

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2288-2298

  Oduor, Ayub M O ^a,c   Strauss, Sharon Y ^b   García, Yedra ^a   Cascales, Modesto Berbel ^a   Gómez, Josém ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Brassica nigra; Common garden; Competition; Conspecific interaction; Enemy release hypothesis (ERH); Evolution of increased competitive ability (EICA); Facilitation; Herbivory; Heterospecific; Invasive species; Native populations; Rapid evolution

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CONSPECIFIC; DICOTYLEDON; ENEMY RELEASE HYPOTHESIS; FACILITATION; GARDEN; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; INSECT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PEST DAMAGE; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HERBIVORY; INSECT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MUSTARD; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED;

ANIMALS; HERBIVORY; INSECTS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MUSTARD PLANT; SEEDS;

EID: 84886556413     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-2021.1     Document Type: Article

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