Common and rare plant species respond differently to fertilisation and competition, whether they are alien or native

Dawson, Wayne; Fischer, Markus; van Kleunen, Mark

Common and rare plant species respond differently to fertilisation and competition, whether they are alien or native

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Date

2012

Authors

Dawson, Wayne

Fischer, Markus

van Kleunen, Mark

Publication type

Journal article

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Ecology Letters ; 15 (2012), 8. - pp. 873-880. - ISSN 1461-023X. - eISSN 1461-0248

Abstract

Plant traits associated with alien invasiveness may also distinguish rare from common native species. To test this, we grew 23 native (9 common, 14 rare) and 18 alien (8 common, 10 rare) herbaceous species in Switzerland from six plant families under nutrient-addition and competition treatments. Alien and common
species achieved greater biomass than native and rare species did overall respectively. Across alien and native origins, common species increased total biomass more strongly in response to nutrient addition than rare species did and this difference was not confounded by habitat dissimilarities. There was a weak tendency for common species to survive competition better than rare species, which was also independent of origin. Overall, our study suggests that common alien and native plant species are not fundamentally different in their responses to nutrient addition and competition.

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570 Biosciences, Biology

Keywords

Exotic plant,fitness,mortality,naturalisation,non-indigenous,rarity

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DAWSON, Wayne, Markus FISCHER, Mark VAN KLEUNEN, 2012. Common and rare plant species respond differently to fertilisation and competition, whether they are alien or native. In: Ecology Letters. 15(8), pp. 873-880. ISSN 1461-023X. eISSN 1461-0248. Available under: doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01811.x

BibTex

@article{Dawson2012-08Commo-19501,
  year={2012},
  doi={10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01811.x},
  title={Common and rare plant species respond differently to fertilisation and competition, whether they are alien or native},
  number={8},
  volume={15},
  issn={1461-023X},
  journal={Ecology Letters},
  pages={873--880},
  author={Dawson, Wayne and Fischer, Markus and van Kleunen, Mark}
}

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