Post-introduction evolution of a rapid life-history strategy in a newly invasive plant

• Published in: Ecology (Durham) Vol. 103; no. 11; p. e3803
• Main Authors: Woods, Ellen C, Sultan, Sonia E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2022
• Subjects: Introduced Species; North America; Phenotype; Plants; Reproduction; North America; common garden; plant introduction; lag phase; rapid evolution; Persicaria longiseta; biological invasion; clinal variation; propagule pressure; Polygonum cespitosum; range comparison

A central question in invasion biology is whether adaptive trait evolution following species introduction promotes invasiveness. A growing number of common-garden experiments document phenotypic differences between native- and introduced-range plants, suggesting that adaptive evolution in the new ra...