Rapid evolution of an invasive weed

New Phytologist

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 309-321

  Turner, Kathryn G ^a   Hufbauer, Ruth A ^b   Rieseberg, Loren H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Centaurea diffusa (diffuse knapweed); Evolution of increased competitive ability (EICA); Evolution of invasive species; Life history; Maternal effects; Stress; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA DIFFUSA (DIFFUSE KNAPWEED); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION OF INCREASED COMPETITIVE ABILITY (EICA); EVOLUTION OF INVASIVE SPECIES; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; MATERNAL EFFECTS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SPECIES INVASION; STRESS; TRADE-OFFS; WEED;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CENTAUREA DIFFUSA (DIFFUSE KNAPWEED); EVOLUTION OF INCREASED COMPETITIVE ABILITY (EICA); EVOLUTION OF INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; MATERNAL EFFECTS; STRESS; TRADE-OFFS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CENTAUREA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; GEOGRAPHY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT WEEDS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84894433508     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12634     Document Type: Article

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