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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828442403321

Autore

Wani Gowher A.

Titolo

The eco-physiological and genetic basis of invasiveness / / Gowher A. Wani, Manzoor Ahmad Shah

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-5275-5490-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (133 pages)

Disciplina

578.62

Soggetti

Introduced organisms

Invasive plants - Genetics

Molecular biology

Plant ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The invasion of ecosystems by alien species is a key driver of global environmental change and many invasive plant species attain sufficiently high abundance to alter the structure and function of an ecosystem. This book is the first publication to explain the reasons as to why some alien species undergo a profound shift in their ecological fortune from being minor components of their native ecosystems to becoming devastating dominants of non-native habitats. The book assesses the ecological, morphological, functional and genetic factors that contribute to invasion success.