Differential responses to fertilization and competition among invasive, noninvasive alien, and native Bidens species.

ABSTRACT: Comparative studies of invasive, noninvasive alien, and native congenic plant species can identify plant traits that drive invasiveness. In particular, functional traits associated with rapid growth rate and high fecundity likely facilitate invasive success. As such traits often exhibit high phenotypic plasticity, characterizing plastic responses to anthropogenic environmental changes such as eutrophication and disturbance is important for predicting the invasive success of alien plant species in the future. Here, we compared trait expression and phenotypic plasticity at the species level among invasive, noninvasive alien, and native Bidens species. Plants were grown under nutrient addition and competition treatments, and their functional, morphological, and seed traits were examine

SUBMITTER: Woo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7790614 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature