Resource competition in plant invasions: emerging patterns and research needs

Invasions by alien plants provide a unique opportunity to examine competitive interactions among plants. While resource competition has long been regarded as a major mechanism responsible for successful invasions, given a well-known capacity for many invaders to become dominant and reduce plant dive...

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Main Authors: Margherita eGioria, Bruce Arthur Osborne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2014.00501/full