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The EICA is dead? Long live the EICA!
Ecology letters - 1 Oct 2022
Callaway Ragan M, Lucero Jacob E, Hierro José L, Lortie C J
Abstract excerpt
An important hypothesis for how plants respond to introduction to new ranges is the evolution of increased competitive ability (EICA). EICA predicts that biogeographical release from natural enemies initiates a trade-off in which exotic species in non-native ranges become larger and more competitive, but invest less in consumer defences, relative to populations in native ranges. This trade-off is exceptionally...
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