▪ Abstract The study of natural plant populations has provided some of the strongest and
most convincing cases of the operation of natural selection currently known, partly because …

Based on empirical evidence from the literature we propose that, in nature, phenotypic
plasticity in plants is usually expressed at a subindividual level. While reaction norms (ie the …

Over the past decade, advances in both molecular developmental biology and evolutionary
ecology have made possible a new understanding of organisms as dynamic systems …

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 …

Positive, beneficial interactions between individuals within plant communities have been
observed in nature and recorded in a wide variety of ecological experiments. However, the …

The classic reference on weeds and invasive plants has been revised and updated. The
Third Edition of this authoritative reference provides an in-depth understanding of how …

Several recent studies demonstrate that yield of individual plants, and their allocation of
biomass between roots and shoots, can be profoundly affected by the pattern of supply of …

Many ecosystems are dominated by clonal plants. Among the most distinctive characteristics
of clonal plants is their potential for clonal integration (ie the translocation of resources …

Natural habitats are patchy in quality. in clonal plants, resource-acquiring structures often
occupy sites that differ in quality. Clonal plants can display division of labour in resource …

Clonal plants play key roles in maintaining community productivity and stability in many
ecosystems. Connected individuals (ramets) of clonal plants can translocate and share, for …