Jack of all trades, master of some? On the role of phenotypic plasticity in plant invasions.

doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00950.x

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Jack of all trades, master of some? On the role of phenotypic plasticity in plant invasions.

Ecology letters - 1 Aug 2006

Richards Christina L, Bossdorf Oliver, Muth Norris Z, Gurevitch Jessica, Pigliucci Massimo

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Invasion biologists often suggest that phenotypic plasticity plays an important role in successful plant invasions. Assuming that plasticity enhances ecological niche breadth and therefore confers a fitness advantage, recent studies have posed two main hypotheses: (1) invasive species are more plastic than non-invasive or native ones; (2) populations in the introduced range of an invasive species have evolved...

Topics

Adaptation, Physiological
Biological Evolution
Ecology
Environment
Genetic Markers
Genetics, Population
Genotype
Phenotype
Plant Development
Plants
Population Dynamics
Reproduction

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PMID: 16913942
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00950.x

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