Differences in growth and competition between plants of a naturalized and an invasive population of Bunias orientalis.

ABSTRACT: The global shift of species' distributions has led to high numbers of noninvasive naturalized plants and the accumulation of invasive species within ecosystems. Competition between species may influence population dynamics, but little is known about the impacts of competition between conspecifics of naturalized and invasive populations. We investigated several plant traits at initial growth and regrowth following artificial defoliation in intra and interpopulation competition. Therefore, we used plants of Bunias orientalis from one noninvasive naturalized and one invasive population grown alone or in competition of two or three. Plants from the naturalized population were expected to be less competitive than plants from the invasive population, reflecting their differential impact i

SUBMITTER: Binama B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10948592 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature