Article
Invasive Acer negundo outperforms native species in non-limiting resource environments due to its higher phenotypic plasticity.
BMC ecology - 24 Nov 2011
Porté Annabel J, Lamarque Laurent J, Lortie Christopher J, Michalet Richard, Delzon Sylvain
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: To identify the determinants of invasiveness, comparisons of traits of invasive and native species are commonly performed. Invasiveness is generally linked to higher values of reproductive, physiological and growth-related traits of the invasives relative to the natives in the introduced range. Phenotypic plasticity of these traits has also been cited to increase the success of invasive species but...
Topics
- Acer
- Biomass
- Environment
- Introduced Species
- Phenotype
