Facilitation and competition among invasive plants: a field experiment with alligatorweed and water hyacinth.

Ecosystems that are heavily invaded by an exotic species often contain abundant populations of other invasive species. This may reflect shared responses to a common factor, but may also reflect positive interactions among these exotic species. Armand Bayou (Pasadena, TX) is one such ecosystem where...

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Main Authors: Emily J Wundrow, Juli Carrillo, Christopher A Gabler, Katherine C Horn, Evan Siemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3484115?pdf=render