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Novel seed protection in the recently evolved invasive, California wild radish, a hybrid Raphanus sp. (Brassicaceae).
American journal of botany - 1 Dec 2014
Heredia Sylvia M, Ellstrand Norman C
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: • PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Interspecific hybridization may have considerable effects on plant structural defenses that can contribute to the success of invasive hybrid lineages. Changes in fruit structural and material properties are predicted to have key effects on predispersal granivory.• METHODS: Here, we asked whether plant structure can increase the fitness of a hybrid invasive relative to its...
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