Non-native populations of an invasive tree outperform their native conspecifics

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Non-native populations of an invasive tree outperform their native conspecifics. / Hirsch, Heidi; Hensen, Isabell; Wesche, Karsten et al.
in: AoB PLANTS, Jahrgang 8, plw071, 13.10.2016.

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Hirsch, H., Hensen, I., Wesche, K., Renison, D., Wypior, C., Hartmann, M., & von Wehrden, H. (2016). Non-native populations of an invasive tree outperform their native conspecifics. AoB PLANTS, 8, Artikel plw071. https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plw071

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Hirsch H, Hensen I, Wesche K, Renison D, Wypior C, Hartmann M et al. Non-native populations of an invasive tree outperform their native conspecifics. AoB PLANTS. 2016 Okt 13;8:plw071. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plw071

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@article{93ed6d041e2243c4b6624bd728358672,
title = "Non-native populations of an invasive tree outperform their native conspecifics",
abstract = "Introduced plants often face new environmental conditions in their non-native ranges. To become invasive, they need to overcome several biotic and abiotic filters that may trigger adaptive changes in life-history traits, like postgermination processes. Such early life cycle traits may play a crucial role in the colonization and establishment success of invasive plants. As a previous study revealed that seeds of non-native populations of the woody Siberian elm, Ulmus pumila, germinated faster than those of native populations, we expected growth performance of seedlings to mirror this finding. Here, we conducted a common garden greenhouse experiment using different temperature and watering treatments to compare the biomass production of U. pumila seedlings derived from 7 native and 13 populations from two non-native ranges. Our results showed that under all treatments, non-native populations were characterized by higher biomass production and enhanced resource allocation to aboveground biomass compared to the native populations. The observed enhanced growth performance of non-native populations might be one of the contributing factors for the invasion success of U. pumila due to competitive advantages during the colonization of new sites.",
keywords = "Biomass, Genetic shift, Greenhouse, Post-germination traits, Shoot-root ratio, Ulmus pumila, Biology, Ecosystems Research",
author = "Heidi Hirsch and Isabell Hensen and Karsten Wesche and Daniel Renison and Catherina Wypior and Matthias Hartmann and {von Wehrden}, Henrik",
year = "2016",
month = oct,
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AU - Hirsch, Heidi

AU - Hensen, Isabell

AU - Wesche, Karsten

AU - Renison, Daniel

AU - Wypior, Catherina

AU - Hartmann, Matthias

AU - von Wehrden, Henrik

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N2 - Introduced plants often face new environmental conditions in their non-native ranges. To become invasive, they need to overcome several biotic and abiotic filters that may trigger adaptive changes in life-history traits, like postgermination processes. Such early life cycle traits may play a crucial role in the colonization and establishment success of invasive plants. As a previous study revealed that seeds of non-native populations of the woody Siberian elm, Ulmus pumila, germinated faster than those of native populations, we expected growth performance of seedlings to mirror this finding. Here, we conducted a common garden greenhouse experiment using different temperature and watering treatments to compare the biomass production of U. pumila seedlings derived from 7 native and 13 populations from two non-native ranges. Our results showed that under all treatments, non-native populations were characterized by higher biomass production and enhanced resource allocation to aboveground biomass compared to the native populations. The observed enhanced growth performance of non-native populations might be one of the contributing factors for the invasion success of U. pumila due to competitive advantages during the colonization of new sites.

AB - Introduced plants often face new environmental conditions in their non-native ranges. To become invasive, they need to overcome several biotic and abiotic filters that may trigger adaptive changes in life-history traits, like postgermination processes. Such early life cycle traits may play a crucial role in the colonization and establishment success of invasive plants. As a previous study revealed that seeds of non-native populations of the woody Siberian elm, Ulmus pumila, germinated faster than those of native populations, we expected growth performance of seedlings to mirror this finding. Here, we conducted a common garden greenhouse experiment using different temperature and watering treatments to compare the biomass production of U. pumila seedlings derived from 7 native and 13 populations from two non-native ranges. Our results showed that under all treatments, non-native populations were characterized by higher biomass production and enhanced resource allocation to aboveground biomass compared to the native populations. The observed enhanced growth performance of non-native populations might be one of the contributing factors for the invasion success of U. pumila due to competitive advantages during the colonization of new sites.

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