Invasive alien plants benefit more from clonal integration in heterogeneous environments than natives

YJ Wang, H Müller‐Schärer, M van Kleunen… - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
What confers invasive alien plants a competitive advantage over native plants remains open
to debate. Many of the world's worst invasive alien plants are clonal and able to share …

Adaptive strategies employed by Clonal Plants in heterogeneous patches

P Yang, L Huang, S He, X Zeng, Y Chen, H Wang - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Heterogeneity is widespread in natural environments; as a result, connected clonal ramets
often live in areas characterized by patches of different resources. Specifically, clonal plants …

竹类植物对异质生境的适应——表型可塑性

施建敏, 叶学华, 陈伏生, 杨清培, 黎祖尧, 方楷… - 2014 - ir.ibcas.ac.cn
竹类植物是一类以木本为主的克隆植物, 凭借表型可塑性的优势, 对异质生境具有很强适应能力.
然而, 目前对竹类植物表型可塑性的实现方式及其异质生境适应对策未见系统总结 …

A multi-species comparison of selective placement patterns of ramets in invasive alien and native clonal plants to light, soil nutrient and water heterogeneity

D Chen, A Ali, XH Yong, CG Lin, XH Niu, AM Cai… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
A worth noticing pattern in current invasive biology is the clonal ability of many of the world's
worst invasive plants. Selective placement of ramets (ie foraging behavior) can intensify …

Clonal integration supports the expansion from terrestrial to aquatic environments of the amphibious stoloniferous herb Alternanthera philoxeroides

N Wang, FH Yu, PX Li, WM He, J Liu, GL Yu… - Plant …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Effects of clonal integration on land plants have been extensively studied, but little
is known about the role in amphibious plants that expand from terrestrial to aquatic …

Effects of clonal integration and light availability on the growth and physiology of two invasive herbs

CY Xu, SS Schooler, RD Van Klinken - Journal of Ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Clonal plants benefit from the ability to translocate resources among interconnected ramets
to colonize heterogeneous habitats. Clonal integration affects the resource level and …

An invasive clonal plant benefits from clonal integration more than a co-occurring native plant in nutrient-patchy and competitive environments

W You, S Fan, D Yu, D Xie, C Liu - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Many notorious invasive plants are clonal, however, little is known about the different roles
of clonal integration effects between invasive and native plants. Here, we hypothesize that …

Physiological integration modifies δ15N in the clonal plant Fragaria vesca, suggesting preferential transport of nitrogen to water-stressed offspring

SR Roiloa, B Antelo, R Retuerto - Annals of Botany, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims One of the most striking attributes of clonal plants is their
capacity for physiological integration, which enables movement of essential resources …

Clonal integration facilitates invasiveness of the alien aquatic plant Myriophyllum aquaticum L. under heterogeneous water availability

W You, D Yu, C Liu, D Xie, W Xiong - Hydrobiologia, 2013 - Springer
Clonal plants benefit from the ability to translocate resources among interconnected ramets
through clonal integration to colonise ubiquitous heterogeneous habitats, which may …

Anatomical and physiological responses of roots and rhizomes in Oryza longistaminata to soil water gradients

Z Song, C Lin, O Pedersen, J Jiménez - Annals of Botany, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Roots and rhizomes are crucial for the adaptation of clonal
plants to soil water gradients. Oryza longistaminata, a rhizomatous wild rice, is of particular …