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The Invasion of Coastal Areas in South China by Ipomoea cairica May Be Accelerated by the Ecotype Being More Locally Adapted to Salt Stress

Local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity are two alternative mechanisms used by invasive plants for range expansion. We conducted a series of experiments to investigate the role of these mechanisms in the recent expansion of the invasive Ipomoea cairica from non-saline to salt-stressed coastal hab...

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Autores principales: Liu, Gang, Gao, Yang, Huang, Fang-Fang, Yuan, Ming-Yue, Peng, Shao-Lin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4750935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26867222
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149262