Integrating novel chemical weapons and evolutionarily increased competitive ability in success of a tropical invader

New Phytologist

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1350-1359

  Zheng, Yu Long ^a   Feng, Yu Long ^b   Zhang, Li Kun ^a   Callaway, Ragan M ^c   Valiente Banuet, Alfonso ^d   Luo, Du Qiang ^e   Liao, Zhi Yong ^a   Lei, Yan Bao ^a   Barclay, Gregor F ^f   Silva Pereyra, Carlos ^d  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e HEBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Aboveground and soil borne enemies; Allelochemicals; Chromolaena odorata; Enemy suppression; Evolution of increased competitive ability (EICA); Intraspecific competition; Invasion; Novel weapons hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ALLELOCHEMICAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT DEFENSE; TROPICAL REGION;

CHINA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; EUPATORIUM;

ODORATIN; SESQUITERPENE;

ALLELOPATHY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOLAENA; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ALLELOPATHY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMASS; CHROMOLAENA; GEOGRAPHY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SESQUITERPENES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84920997190     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13135     Document Type: Article

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