Contrasting functional responses of non-native invasive species along a tropical elevation gradient

• Published in: Acta Botânica Brasílica Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 683 - 688
• Main Authors: Gillerot, Loïc, Negreiros, Daniel, Barbosa, Newton P. U., Silveira, Fernando A.O., Paula, Luiza F. A. de
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Botânica do Brasil 01.12.2021
• Subjects: campo rupestre; invasive plants; join-the-locals; OCBIL; plant functional traits; resource-limitation; try-harder

ABSTRACT One hypothesized invasion strategy (“try-harder”) predicts that invaders exhibit functional traits that are better adjusted to the environment than native species. Alternatively, the “join-the-locals” hypothesis predicts trait convergence between invasive and native species due to environme...