test of Darwin's naturalization hypothesis in the thistle tribe shows that close relatives make bad neighbors

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 110; no. 44; pp. 17915 - 17920
• Main Authors: Park, Daniel S., Potter, Daniel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 29.10.2013; NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES; National Acad Sciences
• Subjects: Adaptation, Biological - physiology; Asteraceae - genetics; Asteraceae - physiology; Base Sequence; Bayes Theorem; Biological Evolution; Biological invasions; Biological Sciences; Biological taxonomies; Biomarkers; California; Ecological genetics; Ecological invasion; Flowers & plants; Introduced Species; Invasive species; Likelihood Functions; Models, Biological; Models, Genetic; Molecular Sequence Data; Nonnative species; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Plants; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Taxa; Taxonomy; California; evolutionary relatedness; exotic species; Asteraceae

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