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Biological invasion of oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) in North America: Pre-adaptation, post-introduction evolution, or both?
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Stutz Sonja, Mráz Patrik, Hinz Hariet L, Müller-Schärer Heinz, Schaffner Urs
Abstract excerpt
Species may become invasive after introduction to a new range because phenotypic traits pre-adapt them to spread and become dominant. In addition, adaptation to novel selection pressures in the introduced range may further increase their potential to become invasive. The diploid Leucanthemum vulgare and the tetraploid L. ircutianum are native to Eurasia and have been introduced to North America, but only L....
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