Belowground advantages in construction cost facilitate a cryptic plant invasion

Energetic costs of tissue construction were compared in two subspecies of Phragmites australis, the common reed – namely the primary native and introduced lineages in North America. Caplan et al. report that the introduced lineage has lower construction costs than the native under all environmental...

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Main Authors: Caplan, Joshua S., Wheaton, Christine N., Mozdzer, Thomas J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4060782/