Clonal Integration Affects Growth, Photosynthetic Efficiency and Biomass Allocation, but not the Competitive Ability, of the Alien Invasive Alternanthera philoxeroides under Severe Stress | Zendy

Na Wang | Zendy; FeiHai Yu | Zendy; Pengpeng Li | Zendy; WeiMing He | Zendy; FangHua Liu | Zendy; JunMing Liu | Zendy; Minghui Dong | Zendy

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Clonal Integration Affects Growth, Photosynthetic Efficiency and Biomass Allocation, but not the Competitive Ability, of the Alien Invasive Alternanthera philoxeroides under Severe Stress

Author(s) -

Na Wang,

FeiHai Yu,

Pengpeng Li,

WeiMing He,

FangHua Liu,

JunMing Liu,

Minghui Dong

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcn005

Subject(s) - alternanthera philoxeroides , biology , stolon , competition (biology) , botany , biomass (ecology) , weed , photosynthesis , invasive species , agronomy , ecology

Many notorious alien invasive plants are clonal, but little is known about some roles and aspects of clonal integration. Here, the hypothesis is tested that clonal integration affects growth, photosynthetic efficiency, biomass allocation and competitive ability of the exotic invasive weed Alternanthera philoxeroides (Amaranthaceae).

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