Are invasive plants more toxic than native plants? An example of rapid evolution after invasion
Castells, Eva (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Farmacologia, de Terapèutica i de Toxicologia)

Date:	2015
Abstract:	Biological invasions are excellent systems to study rapid evolution of plant chemical defenses. Current hypotheses predict a divergence of plant chemical defenses in response to a decrease in herbivory after invasion (e. g. EICA hypothesis) or in response to novel climatic conditions. Post-invasive changes in plant chemistry can modify the interactions with herbivores and facilitate invasion success. However, whether plant toxicity is changed after invasion remains to be evaluated. Senecio pterophorus is a shrub native from Eastern South Africa and a recent invader in Western South Africa (~100 years ago), Australia (.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Comunicació de congrés
Subject:	Chemical ecology
Published in:	Annual meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology. Stockholm (suècia),, 29è : 2015 : 29 june - 3 july

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