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Provenance-by-environment interaction of reproductive traits in the invasion of Spartina alterniflora in China.
Ecology - 1 Jun 2017
Liu Wenwen, Strong Donald R, Pennings Steven C, Zhang Yihui
Abstract excerpt
Ecological invasions are facilitated by pre-adaptation and phenotypic plasticity, upon which evolution can act. The rapid invasion of the intertidal grass Spartina alterniflora in China during the last 36 yr is a test case for the roles of these mechanisms. A previous study of S. alterniflora in China found strong latitudinal clines in vegetative and sexual traits and concluded that most of this variation was due...
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