High photosynthetic capacity and energy-use efficiency benefit both growth and chemical defense in invasive plants

Ni, GY; Zhao, P; Ye, YH; Zhu, LW; Hou, YP; Huang, QQ; Wu, W; Ouyang, L

Ni, GY; Zhao, P (corresponding author), Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vegetat Restorat & Management Degraded Ec, South China Bot Garden, Guangzhou 510650, Peoples R China.; Ni, GY; Zhao, P (corresponding author), Chinese Acad Sci, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Appl Bot, South China Bot Garden, Guangzhou 510650, Peoples R China.; Ni, GY; Zhao, P (corresponding author), Chinese Acad Sci, Innovat Acad South China Sea Ecol & Environm Engn, Guangzhou 510650, Peoples R China.

CHEMOECOLOGY, 2020; 30 (2): 69

Abstract

In nature some successful invasive plants grow faster and are better chemical defenders than native plants, which appears to contradict the convention......

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