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Functional trait values, not trait plasticity, drive the invasiveness of Rosa sp. in response to light availability.
American journal of botany - 1 Dec 2016
Murphy Jennifer E, Burns Jean H, Fougère-Danezan Marie, Drenovsky Rebecca E
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Functional trait plasticity in resource capture traits has been suggested as an underlying mechanism promoting invasive species establishment and spread. Earlier studies on this mechanism treat invasiveness as a discrete characteristic (i.e., invasive vs. noninvasive) and do not consider the potential impacts of evolutionary history. In the present study, we used a continuous measure of...
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