Competitiveness of the Exotic Silphium perfoliatum against the Native Urtica dioica: A Field Experiment

Silphium perfoliatum (cup plant) is native to North America and is increasingly used as a bioenergy crop in Germany. Spontaneous occurrences of this species have already been detected in several European countries. To assess the possible risk to biodiversity by spreading of S. perfoliatum, we invest...

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Main Authors: L. Marie Ende, Sophie-Juliane Schwarzer, Alexandra Ebner, Marianne Lauerer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2023-01-01
Series:International Journal of Ecology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/5512148